FEATURES OF EACH BOOK
ELLIS ISLAND SCRAPBOOK by Kevin Sherlock
336 pages, hard cover, coffee table size (8.5 x 11) book. Includes 16 maps
of Europe and America and about 260 pictures. Has a very large chapter on
life in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It discusses in depth what
farming, mining, and city proletarian life were like. It covers persecution, the
sexual and criminal immorality of the upper classes, and the constant wars
that threatened the people of Europe in those times.
Much of the book is devoted to immigrant remembrances and Ellis Island
stories. Check out the stories of your people coming through Ellis Island.
Check the stories of how inspectors checked for smugglers, white slavers,
and other abusers who looked to exploit immigrants. The stories will make
you laugh, bring a tear to your eye, and make you reflect on the conditions
your ancestors endured.
Has chapters on American immigration laws from George Washington to
Theodore Roosevelt to World War One, and how immigrants were inspected.
Has chapters on growth of America and immigrant statistics, steerage, and
analysis of why Ellis Island worked so well. Has a short chapter on the laws
that led to the demise of Ellis Island.
Buy this book if you want to learn about how we handled immigration
successfully and immerse yourself in anecdotes and pictures of immigrants
and life in Europe. This book has many beautiful illustrations, stories, and
word pictures of what life was like for those in Europe, and of those who left
home to find a better life in America.
WHEN AMERICA DID IMMIGRATION RIGHT
by Kevin Sherlock
352 pages, hard cover, coffee table size (8.5 x 11) book. Includes 16 maps
of Europe and America and about 260 pictures.
Has chapters on growth of America and immigrant statistics, American
immigration laws from George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt to World
War One, how immigrants were inspected, and analysis of why Ellis Island
worked so well. Has a short chapter on what life was like in Europe.
Has a chapter on "white slavery" and what our leaders did to fight this
abuse. Has a chapter on the Titanic sinking and the Triangle Fire, that killed
mostly immigrants, and how our leaders made reforms to improve safety on
the high seas and improve health and safety in factories as a result.
Has extensive coverage on America during and after World War One (the
war, Prohibition, the Mob, the Flapper Era, the Great Depression).
Explains the immigration laws that led to the demise of the Ellis Island Era.
Has a chapter comparing Ellis Island Era immigration to the huge problems
our too-permissive immigration laws and social policies cause today.
Buy this book if you want to learn about immigration and learn about
America's tumultuous history in the 1900s before World War Two and if you
want an explanation of the problems many of today's immigrants are causing
due to the laws and policies in place today.
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