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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 Cover Image Book Book

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.

Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951- (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781451693669 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781451693676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, etc.:
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. Mel.org.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: 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.
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
Japanese Americans > History > 20th century.
German Americans > United States > History > 20th century.
Crystal City (Tex.) > History > 20th century.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main 940.531773 R914t (Text) 31307021692589 Non Fiction Available -
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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.
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