Ellis Island

  • Ellis Island: A True Book
    By Patricia Ryon Quiri

    Describes how the immigration station on Ellis Island served as a gateway into the United States for millions of immigrants.

  • Ellis Island
    By Terry Allan Hicks

    "An exploration of the island that served as a gateway to thousands of immigrants and that has since become an important American symbol"--Provided by publisher.

  • Ellis Island
    By R. Conrad Stein

    Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.

  • Ellis Island
    By Judith Jango-Cohen

    Presents the history of the Barge Office, Ellis Island's immigration station, which opened in 1900 and still stands today.

  • Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
    By Stephen Wilkes

    Uses photographs accompanied by descriptions and reflections to capture the abandoned buildings that made up the original hospital complex on Ellis Island, offering a look into the world of the immigrants who passed through there.

  • Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History Through America's Gateway
    By Loretto Dennis Szucs

    Ellis Island: Tracing Your Family History Through America's Gateway gives a family history approach to this famous monument's history.

  • Ellis Island: The Immigrant Years
    By Bill Severn

    Traces the history of the small island in New York harbor that served as the point of entry into the United States for millions of immigrants from 1892 to 1954.

  • Ellis Island: A Pictorial History
    By Barbara Benton

    Ellis Island offers a celebration of a chapter of Americana which continues to fascinate. Recreated as a vivid walking tour through history is the landfall experience of more than 16...

  • Ellis Island
    By Lucia Raatma

    Dicusses various aspects of Ellis Island, including its history, how immigrants were processed, the restoration of the buildings, and the recent debate over ownership of the historic site.

  • Ellis Island
    By Barry Moreno

    Les Etats-Unis sont considérés comme l'un des principaux refuges dans le monde pour les étrangers et aucun lieu dans le pays ne symbolise cette idée mieux qu'Ellis Island.

  • Ellis Island
    By Georges Perec

    A moving hybrid work about Ellis Island and immigration by the marvelous Georges Perec

  • Ellis Island: A People's History
    By Malgorzata Szejnert

    This is the people's history of Ellis Island: the people who passed through it, and the people who were turned away from it.

  • Ellis Island: Gateway to America
    By Joanne Mattern

    For more than sixty years, one site was the first place in America all new immigrants saw. Find out why Ellis Island holds such an important place in America's history.

  • Ellis Island
    By Wilton S. Tifft

    In 1990 a completely restored Ellis Island was rededicated by the National Park Service as a national monument and reopened for public use. For more than sixty years, from 1892-1954,...

  • Ellis Island
    By Ellen Doherty

    This book is about the history of Ellis Island and the experience of immigrating to America.

  • Ellis Island
    By Tamara L. Britton

    Explores the history of Ellis Island, which housed the United States' most important immigration processing center from 1892 through 1943, serving seventeen million immigrants.

  • Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land
    By William Jay Jacobs

    Traces the history of Ellis Island and immigration to America and describes the experiences of immigrants arriving in 1907.

  • Ellis Island: The Story of a Gateway to America
    By Hal Marcovitz

    To these immigrants, Ellis Island was a symbol of the American dream—once they passed through its gates, they could start a new life with opportunities that were not available to them in their countries of origin.

  • Ellis Island: Gateway to Freedom
    By Bob Temple

    Describes the history of the Ellis Island immigration center and its restoration as a national treasure.

  • Ellis Island
    By Museum of the City of New York, John S. Berman

    Called both the "Island of Hope" and "Island of Tears," Ellis Island has a history as rich and surprising as that of the immigrants who passed through its doors.