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Most of the immigrants came from Italy and Eastern Europe. They were taken in launches to Ellis Island. There, in a curiously ornate human warehouse of red brick and gray stone, they were tagged…
Contributor:
E. L. Doctorow
Places:
New Rochelle, United States of America
Date:
1975
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Joyous, free, the bird will sing,
Trembles on his throne the king,
Trembling is not good for me—
Like a bird I sing so free,
As winds prance,
In a trance,
Wild and blind, I roam and dance,
One street…
Contributor:
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1911
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One year later, a Sunday afternoon. The front room. jacob is giving his son mordecai [uncle morty] a haircut, newspapers spread around the base of the chair. moe is reading a newspaper…
Contributor:
Clifford Odets
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935