The United States is considered the worlds foremost refuge for foreigners andno place in the nation symbolizes this better than <strong>Ellis Island</strong>. T... » 

The United States is considered the worlds foremost refuge for foreigners andno place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Through EllisIslands halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrantsof nearlyevery nationality and raceentered the country on their way to new experiencesin North America. With an astonishing array of nineteenth and twentiethcentury photographs Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinatinghistory of this small island in New York harbor from its preimmigration daysas one of the harbors oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagshipstation of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration to its current incarnation as theNational Park Services largest museum. «