America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops. In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
0590465651
ISBN-13
9780590465656
Publication Date
Jan 1992
Item Weight
1.00 pounds
Length
12.01 inch
Width
5.98 inch
Height
0.98 inch
First Sentence
In the years around the turn of the century, immigration to America reached an all-time high.
