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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.

Publication | Library Call Number: D805.5.C79 R87 2015

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.

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Format
Book
Author/Creator
Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
Published
New York, NY : Scribner, 2015
Locale
Texas
Crystal City
United States
Crystal City (Tex.)
Language
English
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition

About This Publication

Physical Description
xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
ISBN
9781451693669
1451693664
9781451693676
1451693672
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
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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