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Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Provides brief history of Poland and the European ports Polish immigrants used for departure and ports where they arrived. Looks at why and when Poles immigrated, why they listed that they were born in other countries on early U.S. documents and how they got here. Looks at the immigrant's life in steerage during the voyage and the examination process used to gain admittance to the United States.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author uses his grandfather's story to illustrate life in the rural areas of Poland at the end of the 19th and begiining of the 20th centuries, as well as the experience of emigrating from Poland to America at that time and the Polish immigrant's typical life in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.
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