Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain Contributor(s): Freedman, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544810899 ISBN-13: 9780544810891 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Asia |
Dewey: 979.46 |
Lexile Measure: 1140 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.4" W x 9.4" (0.75 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Korean - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 163316 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Angel Island, off the coast of California, was the port of entry for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940. Following the passage of legislation requiring the screening of immigrants, the other Ellis Island processed around one million people from Japan, China, and Korea. Drawing from memoirs, diaries, letters, and the wall poems discovered at the facility long after it closed, the nonfiction master Russell Freedman describes the people who came, and why; the screening process; detention and deportation; changes in immigration policy; and the eventual renaissance of Angel Island as a historic site open to visitors. Includes archival photos, source notes, bibliography, and index. |
Contributor Bio(s): Freedman, Russell: - RUSSELL FREEDMAN received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books. |