Freedman,
Russell. Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain. Houghton
Mifflin/Clarion 2014 81p
$17.99
ISBN 978-0-547-90378-1 ms/hs History E-BN
Freedman has another nonfiction winner
in Angel Island, the story of the immigration station that held Asian immigrants in the
San Francisco Bay from 1910 to 1940. Numerous images and
quotes bring to life the experiences of the half-a-million people who passed through the station. By 1970 the station
had fallen into disrepair until it was saved as a historical site by a park ranger and the
local Asian community.
Summary: This is the story of Angel Island Immigration Station, where Asian
immigrants were held in San Francisco Bay from 1910 to 1940.
Chinese Americans --Stephanie
Pennucci
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