Thursday, October 18, 2012

HOPE AND TEARS, ELLIS ISLAND VOICES

Ellis Island’s very first “processed” immigrant was fifteen-year-old Annie Moore from Ireland.  She arrived on January 1, 1892 after two years of separation from her parents as they worked to save enough money to pay for her passage.  Her story is one of many told with narrative, verse and photographs in this remarkable book, HOPE… Read more »