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The train to Crystal City : FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II
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The train to Crystal City : FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II / Jan Jarboe Russell.
ISBN
9781451693669
1451693664
9781451693676
1451693672
9781451693683
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Scribner, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Focusing on a little-known event in American history that has long been kept quiet, a dramatic account exposes a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II where hundreds of prisoners were exchanged for other Americans behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany. --Publisher's description.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
Contents
Without trial. New enemies ; Eleanor vs. Franklin ; Strangers in a small Texas town
Destination: Crystal City. Internment without trial ; A family renunion ; The hot summer of '43 ; "Be patient" ; To be or not to be an American ; Yes-yes, no-no ; A test of faith ; The birds are crying
The equation of exchange. Trade bait ; The false passports ; Under fire ; Into Algeria ; The all-American camp ; Shipped to Japan ; Harrison's second act
The road home. After the war ; Beyond the barbed wire ; The train from Crystal City.
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