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020 $a9780547903781$qhbk. :$cUSD17.99$
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040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
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100 1 $aFreedman, Russell.
245 10$aAngel Island :$bgateway to Gold Mountain /$cRussell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.
260 $aNew York :$bClarion Books,$c2013
300 $a81 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [73]-74) and index.
505 0 $aWhere the walls speak -- Bound for Gold Mountain -- Angel Island or Devil's Island? -- Waves as big as mountains -- Life in the detention barracks -- The interrogation -- Picture brides, freedom fighters, and refugees -- A nation of immigrants -- Visiting Angel Island.
520 $aA middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
521 $aAudience: Middle School.
600 10$aAngel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)$xHistory$xJuvenile literature.
650 0$aEmigration and immigration.
650 0$aAngel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)$xHistory.
650 0$aAngel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)
651 0$aAngel Island (Calif.)$xHistory$xJuvenile literature.
700 1 $aChan, Evans.