
Early 1900s immigrants face unexpected hardships in crowded cities.
In the early 1900s, young immigrants arrive in America seeking freedom, only to find crowded cities and scarce jobs. Children toil in sweatshops and on the streets, confronting harsh realities. Discover their resilience and dreams in a world far from what they imagined. What does freedom truly mean in this new land?
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.
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