Thursday, November 26, 2009

Vincent Cannato: "American Passage" (Harper) (Rebroadcast)

10 a.m. (ET)

From 1892 to 1924, Ellis Island witnessed the greatest mass immigration of people the world has ever seen. The story of the tiny New York Island that served as a gateway for twelve million immigrants.

Steve Roberts: "From Every End of This Earth" (Harper Collins) (Rebroadcast)

11 a.m. (ET)

Author Steve Roberts on what it means to be an immigrant in the U.S. today.

[Steve Roberts answered some listener questions that we couldn't get to on the air.](http://wamu.org/programs/dr/extra/roberts/)

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.