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Name: Coming to America
Author: Betsy Maestro

Explores the evolving history of immigration to the United States, a long saga about people coming first in search of food and then, later in a quest for religious and political freedom, safety, and prosperity.

First publish date: 1996

Authors: Betsy Maestro

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