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Traces the lives of twelve immigrant men from their childhoods in Europe through their arrival at Ellis Island, their efforts to start over in America, and their struggles to survive the upheaval of World War I.
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Author of the well received The Children's Blizzard, David Laskin this time tells the stories of twelve immigrants to the U.S. whose lives were transformed by their experience serving in the military during World War I. The author describes the conditions faced by immigrants in the early 20th century and the often insular worlds that they lived in, and then shows the changes wrought by the war in Europe: on the lives of these dozen immigrant men, on those of their family members, and on the nature of the U.S. itself. This engrossing and often moving book will have wide appeal, particularly given the current controversies over immigration. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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