We Came to North America S.
5 total works
The search for gold and other treasures brought the earliest Hispanic migrants to North, Central, and South America in the 1500s. This intriguing look at the many Hispanic cultures who came to stake their claims in North America and how their traditions are still celebrated today features full-colour artwork and eyewitness accounts.
An exploding population and the Great Famine increased the number of Irish immigrants to North America. This exciting look at the history of the Irish in North America includes eyewitness accounts and describes conflicts at home, disease on the journey, anti-Irish prejudice, and the music and dance they brought with them.
The first Japanese immigrants left overcrowded villages to work the railroads, mines, and farms of North America. This book presents an enlightening account featuring the Chinese Exclusion Act which opened the door to the Japanese, the bombing of Pearl Harbour, WWII internment camps, and cultural traditions and festivals still celebrated today.
Difficult political and economic conditions in Poland began a wave of immigrants to North America in the 1880s. Eyewitness accounts help describe their journeys highlighting the persecution of Polish Jews in WWII, and also describes Panna Maria - one of North America's oldest Polish settlements, and Polonia - communities which preserved the Polish traditions.