Immigrant Children
- ISBN-10
- 1575053950
- ISBN-13
- 9781575053950
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Lerner Publications
- Author
- Sylvia Whitman
Description
Describes the flood of immigration into the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on the experiences of the youngest immigrants, both on their journeys and in their new country.
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- 2011-06-16
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