The Long Way Home
An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
By David Laskin
(Harper, Hardcover, 9780061233333, 416pp.)
Publication Date: February 24, 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Large Print (March 2010)
Categories: Military, Specific Groups - General, Emigration & Immigration
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Description
This look at the immigrant experience in the early 1900s traces the lives of a dozen men from their childhoods in Europe through their arrival at Ellis Island, their challenges in a strange new land, and their struggles during the Great War. b&w photo insert.
About the Author
David Laskin is the author of Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals and Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Preservation, and Smithsonian. He lives in Seattle.
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