{"product_id":"american-passage-the-history-of-ellis-island","title":"American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato's \u003cem\u003eAmerican Passage\u003c\/em\u003e helps us understand who we are as a nation.\" -- Walter Isaacson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe remarkable saga of America's landmark port of entry, from immigration post to deportation center to mythical icon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Passage\u003c\/em\u003e captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and history, and articulates the dramatic and bittersweet accounts of the immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social reformers who all played an important role in Ellis Island's chronicle. In this sweeping, often heart-wrenching epic, Vincent J. Cannato reveals that the history of Ellis Island is ultimately the story of what it means to be an American.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Immigration has long been a critical slice of the American narrative, and here, in American Passage, Vincent Cannato tells its story with great brio. From landing point to national Monument, from immigrants to interpreters, we see the veritable Babel of Ellis Island play out across the years.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJay Winik, author of The Great Upheaval and April 1865\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"To his great credit Cannato does not pretend to answer our tough questions about immigration, nor to find a 'usable past' in the history of Ellis Island. He just tells one heck of a story that oozes with relevance.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter A. McDougall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Throes of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The story of America is one of immigration. By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato's American Passage helps us understand who we are as a nation.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson, author of Einstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVincent J. Cannato \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549864353978,"sku":"9780060742744","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_c873f8e4-2b0b-4bfe-b6da-351c6eaddfed.jpg?v=1769770998","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/american-passage-the-history-of-ellis-island","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}