Angel Island : gateway to Gold Mountain / Russell Freedman ; Chinese poems translated by Evans Chan.

Looks at the history of the port of entry off the coast of California that was "the other Ellis Island" for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018
Language:English
Published: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2013]
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) > History > Juvenile literature.
Chinese Americans > History.
Angel Island (Calif.) > History > Juvenile literature.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Emigration and immigration > History > Juvenile literature.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > Juvenile literature.
Asia > Emigration and immigration > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Physical Description:81 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Where the walls speak
  • Bound for Gold Mountain
  • Angel Island or Devil's Island?
  • Waves as big as mountains
  • Life in the detention barracks
  • The interrogation
  • Picture brides, freedom fighters, and refugees
  • A nation of immigrants
  • Visiting Angel Island.