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Forgotten Ellis Island : The Extraordinary Story of America's Immigrant Hospital by Lorie Conway (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061241962
ISBN-139780061241963
eBay Product ID (ePID)59064751
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameForgotten Ellis Island : the Extraordinary Story of America's Immigrant Hospital
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, Emigration & Immigration, Hospital Administration & Care, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Medical, History
AuthorLorie Conway
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight24.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-022913
ReviewsAbsolutely fascinating story that has never been told...Conway [is] armed with passion, insight and an eye for compelling detail., Absolutely fascinating story that has never been told.Conway [is] armed with passion, insight and an eye for compelling detail., Absolutely fascinating story that has never been told…Conway [is] armed with passion, insight and an eye for compelling detail.
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Photographed byBarnes, Chris
IllustratedYes
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal362.1109747/1
SynopsisA century ago, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, one of the world's greatest public hospitals was built. Massive and modern, the hospital's twenty-two state-of-the-art buildings were crammed onto two small islands, man-made from the rock and dirt excavated during the building of the New York subway. As America's first line of defense against immigrant-borne disease, the hospital was where the germs of the world converged. The Ellis Island hospital was at once welcoming and foreboding--a fateful crossroad for hundreds of thousands of hopeful immigrants. Those nursed to health were allowed entry to America. Those deemed feeble of body or mind were deported. Three short decades after it opened, the Ellis Island hospital was all but abandoned. As America after World War I began shutting its border to all but a favored few, the hospital fell into disuse and decay, its medical wards left open only to the salt air of the New York Harbor. With many never-before-published photographs and compelling, sometimes heartbreaking stories of patients (a few of whom are still alive today) and medical staff, Forgotten Ellis Island is the first book about this extraordinary institution. It is a powerful tribute to the best and worst of America's dealings with its new citizens-to-be.
LC Classification NumberRA982.E44E443 2007
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- 18 Dec, 2022
Forgotten Ellis Island
Great historical recountVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
