Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain

Angel Island, off the coast of California, was the port of entry for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940. Following the passage of legislation requiring the screening of immigrants, "the other Ellis Island" processed around one million people from Japan, China, and Korea. Drawing from memoirs, diaries, letters, and the "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed, the nonfiction master Russell Freedman describes the people who came, and why; the screening process; detention and deportation; changes in immigration policy; and the eventual renaissance of Angel Island as a historic site open to visitors. Includes archival photos, source notes, bibliography, and index.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/04/2016
ISBN: 9780544810891
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.40h x 9.40w x 0.20d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 163316 / Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain
Reading Level: 7.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2