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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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The train to Crystal City

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898205999

Responsibility statement

Jan Jarboe Russell

Sub title

FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II

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

Table Of 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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