Immigrants: A Library of Congress Book

by Martin W. Sandler

Martin W. Sandler's Immigrants shows how the experiences of people who immigrated to the United States helped to shape its national identity and heritage. Millions of people from all over the world left their homelands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to come to the United States. Their journeys were often long and perilous, but to these huddled masses, the sight of the Statue of Liberty signified hope for a new beginning in their new home—America. Whether settling in city tenements or heading west for life on the frontier, these immigrants toiled to achieve the lives they had dreamed about. This book includes an author's note, index, and over one hundred vintage photographs, posters, and paintings from the archives of the Library of Congress. Immigrants reminds us of what becoming American meant to millions of people. 1997 Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC). Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Picture Books, Historical

Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Martin W. Sandler has written more than seventy books for children and adults and has written and produced seven television series. He has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and has won multiple Emmy Awards. He lives in Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Bella Monea · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title of the book I read is "Immigrants" by Martin W. Sandler. It is about people from other countries across the ocean migrating to the United States more specifically New York to be free form "harsh conditions that include hunger, poverty, and religious, and political persecution." As a result of that "American is a culture is culture of many lands. we borrow from every group and are made richer by the borrowing."
I chose this book because I thought it would benefit me for what we are learning and applying it to what I have learned. I thought this was a great book but I would change some of it. I might change it to add more facts about the events and a smaller time frame or more specific dates.
I would recommend this book to people who like to learn about history especially American history.

[Deborah Harris]

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