A rare combination.' - USA Today 'Cannato does a masterful job of weaving together a slew of singular immigrant stories with the larger issues that surrounded newcomers. Cannato is not only a meticulous researcher and historian, he's also a lively storyteller. Cannato's writing is vivid and accessible, and his approach is admirably even-handed.' - The Wall Street Journal 'Historian Vincent Cannato appears to have overlooked nothing in telling the tale of the historic island, now a national monument. He gives us the politics, the health scares and epidemics, the crowding, the corruption and the public policy., 'Mr. By bringing us the inspiring and sometimes unsettling tales of Ellis Island, Vincent Cannato's American Passage helps us understand who we are as a nation., Cannato does a masterful job of weaving together a slew of singular immigrant stories with the larger issues that surrounded newcomers. A rare combination., The story of America is one of immigration.

Highly recommended!, Historian Vincent Cannato appears to have overlooked nothing in telling the tale of the historic island, now a national monument. Never before has Ellis Island been written about with such scholarly care and historical wisdom. He understands that, now as then, immigration is an issue that leaves Americans uncomfortable and contentious, even as it continues to bring new blood and energy into the country., Reading Vincent Cannato's American Passage was an amazing journey into our nation's immigrant past. He just tells one heck of a story that oozes with relevance., Cannato resists the temptation to setimentalize Ellis Island. This amazing story is recounted beautifully in Vincent Cannato's well-written and evocative book, which will bring pleasure and profit to readers., To his great credit Cannato does not pretend to answer our tough questions about immigration, nor to find a 'usable past' in the history of Ellis Island.

Although Ellis Island is about immigrants from far-away places, it is in fact as American as Thanksgiving and apple pie.

American Passage by Vincent J. Cannato