Immigration & Emigration - Europe, United States History, United States Studies, United States History - General & Miscellaneous, Immigration & Emigration - United States, Ethnic & Minority Studies - United States
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Overview
Over 20 million people left their homes in Europe. They came to America between 1892 and 1924. Most of them had no jobs waiting for them. They brought little money and few possessions. They knew that once they arrived, they would probably never again see their homeland or the people they left behind. What would make people leave everything? What would make them travel far across an ocean? What would make them start a new life in a strange country? Lena Martini and her family were among those immigrants. Their story represents what most immigrants encountered on their journey.Intersperses facts about immigrants in and immigration to the United States between the years 1892 and 1924 with the fictional experiences of twelve-year-old Lena Martini and her family as they emigrate from Italy in 1906.
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2000
Publisher
Logan, Iowa : Perfection Learning Corp., c2001.
Pages
64
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780789128515