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The book is titled after a quote from an unnamed Italian immigrant who said that he came to America because he heard the streets were paved with gold, but when he got here, he found out they weren't.
Buston and her frequent collaborator Ron Abramitsky recently published a book called Streets of Gold America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success.
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The book is titled after a quote from an unnamed Italian immigrant who said that he came to America because he heard the streets were paved with gold, but when he got here, he found out they weren't.
Buston and her frequent collaborator Ron Abramitsky recently published a book called Streets of Gold America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success.
We chose the title of the book the basis of a famous quotation that's painted on the walls at the Ellis Island Museum.
The quotation is attributed to an unnamed Italian immigrant who said I came to America because I heard the streets were paid for gold.
But when I got here I found out three things one the streets were not paid for gold two they weren't paved at all and three I was expected to pay of them.
