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history of a previous immigration controversy is how it resonates with
todayâ€s debate. Insightful, unsparing, and totally absorbing, this
book frames the discussion against a compelling historical backdrop that
describes the gap between the American ideal and the American reality.―
—Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower
 and God Save Texas “In The Guarded Gate, Daniel Okrent has again
taken a largely forgotten epoch in American history and brilliantly
brought it back to life. Written with a grace that any novelist would
envy, Okrentâ€s book tells the story of the immigration battles of the
early twentieth century in a way thatâ€s both fascinating on its own
terms, but also, alas, all-too-relevant to todayâ€s news.― —Jeffrey
Toobin, CNN, author of American Heiress “Our two oceans have
protected and insulated us, but they have also helped to incubate less
attractive features. Daniel Okrent artfully and faithfully records our
(earlier) dismal record on immigration and how those home-grown racist
and xenophobic policies metastasized into exports with horrific
worldwide consequences. This is a masterful, sobering, thoughtful, and
necessary book.― —Ken Burns “The Guarded Gate delivers a timely
history of anti-immigrant fever centered in the elite eugenics movement
a century ago. In this masterful narrative, sprinkled with wit, Daniel
Okrent shows how the lesser angels of our heritage ‘depopulated Ellis
Island as if by epidemic,†leading to cycles of disgrace and
reform.― —Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Parting
the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 “Daniel Okrent is a
gifted social historian. In this powerful, fast-paced, and highly
relevant chronicle of bad science and fearful prejudice, Okrent helps us
understand how and why our country lost its way about a century ago.
Read it so that history does not find new ways of repeating itself.― —
Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers“If you think we have reached
peak stupidity — that Americaâ€s per capita quantity has never been
higher — there is solace, of sorts, in Daniel Okrentâ€s guided tour
through the immigration debate that was heading toward a nasty
legislative conclusion a century ago.― —George F. Will, The
Washington Post“Engrossing... Itâ€s a grim and sordid story, but
Okrent is a companionable, witty, and judicious guide.― —Commentary
Magazine “A vivid new book…jam-packed with appalling examples―
of anti-immigrant passions “primarily targeted at Catholics and
Jews…― —The New York Times Book Review Daniel Okrent was the first
public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and
managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book p