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By Lorie Conway. 185 pp., illustrated. New York, Smithsonian Books, 2007. $26.95. ISBN 978-0-06-124196-3.

Seen from the air, Ellis Island resembles a letter U anchored in the Hudson River. The right arm of the U contains the Great Hall — the iconic building where prospective immigrants were screened. In most cases, they were able to leave the island for mainland America. Millions of immigrants were processed through the Great Hall from when it opened in 1900 until 1954, when Ellis Island ceased operations. The building reopened in 1990 as an immigration museum and now attracts some 2 million visitors a year. The Great Hall, quite rightly, has become a shrine.

But the left arm . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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