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.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, [2015]
Subjects:
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 > History > 20th century.
Crystal City (Tex.) > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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