Immigrant Kids, Russell Freedman
Immigrant Kids, Russell Freedman
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Immigrant Kids

Author: Russell Freedman

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Unabridged: 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2018

Synopsis

America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected.  Cities were crowded and jobs were scare.  Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops.  In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America.

About The Author

Russell Freedman is the author of over thirty-five nonfiction books.  His works have received many awards, among them the Robert F. Silbert Award, a Newberry Medal, and a Newberry Honor.  He was recently awarded the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award for his contributions to the work of children's literature.  He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by রাগিব on February 23, 2020

A very interesting insight into the lives of the immigrant kids who arrived at and grew up in the United States 1890-1915 or so. The pictures are amazing. Though it would have been a bit more interesting if it included people who settled outside of New York. Nevertheless, an amazing look at history.......more

Goodreads review by Souaad on April 02, 2012

Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman this is very interesting book with a very true story about what it meant to be a young newcomer to America. Many Americans doesn’t get how hard is it to be immigrant a hundred years ago. Their exposure to the significance of mass immigration to the growth of the Un......more

Quotes

"A refreshingly un-woeful introduction to the experience of being a young urban immigrant around the turn of the century...Concise, graphic, and designed in every respect to catch and hold the reader's interest."—Kirkus Reviews

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