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Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
Subjects
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.) -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Texas -- Crystal City.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced repatriation.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Biography.
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century.
German Americans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Crystal City (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
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The train to Crystal...
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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.
by
Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
Subjects
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.)
--
Biography.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Concentration camps
--
Texas
--
Crystal City.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Evacuation
of
civilians
--
United
States
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Forced repatriation.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Children
--
United
States
--
Biography.
Japanese Americans
--
History
--
20th century.
German Americans
--
United
States
--
History
--
20th century.
Crystal City (Tex.)
--
History
--
20th century.
Publisher Info:
New York, NY : Scribner, 2015.
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description:
xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9781451693669 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
1451693664 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781451693676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1451693672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781451693683 (ebook)
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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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.
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