Use with historical fiction writing assignment.
Imagine you were a child or person during this time in history, write a story including a problem, climax, solution using references such as this to guide your details. What was their work, free time, home, transportation, food etc?

An enjoyable non-fiction book that was neither informal nor dull. The photographs were excellent and the captions and text that put them in context were well done. A nice overview of tenement life.

This book depicts what life was like for immigrants in the late nineteenth century in New York City. Immigrants didn't have laws protecting them, so landlords took advantage of them, which really shows in this book.

It's an eye awakening book for young readers. The United States has always been known as the land of opportunities where dreams come true. However, that hasn't always been the case and until this day still keeps on being proven wrong. It just comes to show, that in order to get where you want to be, one needs to overcome any obstacles presented in ones way. One needs, not to give up on the ultimate goal and ones dreams. A great book to compare with today's New York. New York back in the 1880's to New York present, so much has changed.

Interesting and informative book about what life was really like for the people who came to America for a new life. The pictures are straight out of the museum, literally, and give a view that the reader just wouldn't be able to really understand by reading about it. Great book that anyone over the age of about 13 should read.