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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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- 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. |
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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
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | p. xv | |
| Part 1 | Without Trial | |
| 1 | New Enemies | p. 3 |
| 2 | Eleanor vs. Franklin | p. 19 |
| 3 | Strangers in a Small Texas Town | p. 35 |
| Part 2 | Destination: Crystal City | |
| 4 | Internment Without Trial | p. 61 |
| 5 | A Family Reunion | p. 83 |
| 6 | The Hot Summer of '43 | p. 93 |
| 7 | "Be Patient" | p. 111 |
| 8 | To Be or Not to Be an American | p. 121 |
| 9 | Yes-Yes, No-No | p. 139 |
| 10 | A Test of Faith | p. 153 |
| 11 | The Birds Are Crying | p. 169 |
| Part 3 | The Equation Of Exchange | |
| 12 | Trade Bait | p. 133 |
| 13 | The False Passports | p. 197 |
| 14 | Under Fire | p. 213 |
| 15 | Into Algeria | p. 223 |
| 16 | The Ail-American Camp | p. 233 |
| 17 | Shipped to Japan | p. 249 |
| 18 | Harrison's Second Act | p. 263 |
| Part 4 | The Road Home | |
| 19 | After the War | p. 277 |
| 20 | Beyond the Barbed Wire | p. 295 |
| 21 | The Train from Crystal City | p. 313 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 331 | |
| Sources and Notes | p. 335 | |
| Bibliography | p. 353 | |
| Index | p. 371 | |
| Photograph Credits | p. 393 |
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