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|  | Ellis Island by Karen Ritz, Steven Kroll
Describes how the immigration station on Ellis Island served as a gateway into the United States for more than sixteen million immigrants between 1892 and 1954. AUTHOR: Karen Ritz, Steven Kroll
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Firehouse by David Halberstam
This post-September 11 report on New York City firefighters is based on interviews with family members, friends, and brother firemen. Halberstam commemorates the lives of 12 firefighters from a firehouse on New York City's Upper West Side--Engine 40, Ladder 35--who responded to the tragedy. AUTHOR: David Halberstam
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: History
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 | Texas, the Dark Corner of the Confederacy by B. P. Gallaway
In the summer of 1863 Kate Stone, a twenty-two-year-old refugee from Louisiana, wrote that in Texas she had certainly found `a dark corner of the Confederacy.` Excerpts from her diary are among the forty documents dating from the eve of the Civil War to the collapse of the Confederacy, by civilians as well as soldiers in all parts of the state, that make up this lively and informative collection. AUTHOR: B. P. Gallaway
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Travel Guide to Jewish Europe by Ben G. Frank
Description not available.Provides information on historic sights, synagogues, restaurants, and local customs and neighborhoods throughout Europe. AUTHOR: Ben G. Frank
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides, James Naughton
In this history of a World War II rescue operation, the mission of a group of elite U.S. Rangers sent to free several hundred prisoners of war held by the Japanese is complicated by the fact that their target is also a shipping point for Japanese soldiers--and holds thousands of enemy soldiers. Sides tells the story of the prisoners, survivors of the Bataan Death March, and the heroes who risked all to bring them out. AUTHOR: Hampton Sides, James Naughton
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: History
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 | Journey to a New Land by Tony Meers
Description not available.Elda Willitts recounts for the Ellis Island Oral History Project her childhood journey to America from Italy in 1916. AUTHOR: Tony Meers
PUBLISHER: Mondo Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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