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