My is stan boy, i am a senior fellow here at aei and delighted to welcome leah boston to a for a conversation about her new book joined with rand mitski streets of gold untold story of immigrant success. Make sure to buy a copy you can buy them online or in a bookstore. Im delighted were doing this event in person but a warm welcome. Well to our online and Television Viewership for our viewers who are not in the room, please submit your questions to john currans at air dot org or via twitter with hashtag ask air on liam rants very readable books about the history of migration to the United States in particular the late 19th century relies on large amounts of original research involving large data sets of millions of american. It revised our understanding of historical waves of immigration. It draws important parallels between those earlier experiences and the contemporary immigrant experience. The book also summarizes our understanding of various economic and cultural aspects of migrat
Last week, our three Illinois brothers — Alexander, Daniel and Charles Blue — were preparing to leave for the Cherry Creek region in search of gold in early spring 1859.