I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories of the Ellis Island Oral History Project {cover image} Published by Viking/Puffin, starred review in Publisher’s Weekly; honored by the NCSS.
I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories of the Ellis Island Oral History Project {cover image} Published by Viking/Puffin, starred review in Publisher’s Weekly; honored by the NCSS.
“We had all sorts of tags on us…we must have looked like marked-down merchandise…” From: I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories of the Ellis Island Oral History Project (Viking Press.)
“Most dear to me are the shoes my mother wore when she first set foot on the soil of America.” From: I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories of the Ellis Island Oral History Project (Viking Press.)
“…we had interpreters on the island who spoke practically every language.” From: I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories of the Ellis Island Oral History Project (Viking Press.)