American Passage_ The History of Ellis I - Vincent J. Cannato
American
Passage
The History of Ellis Island
VINCENT J. CANNATO
In Memory of
My father
Vincent John Cannato
(1930–2008)
and My grandfather
Vincent Joseph Cannato
(1893–1983)
Contents
Introduction 1
PART I
BEFORE THE DELUGE
Island
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 30
PART II
THE SIFTING BEGINS
Chapter 3 A Proper Sieve 57 Chapter 4 Peril at the Portals 70 Chapter 5
Feud
Chapter 6
PART III
REFORM AND REGULATION
Chapter 7 127
Chapter 8 149
Chapter 9 The Roosevelt Straddle 1 ...