The train to Crystal City : FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II
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Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
Published
New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2015.
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Book
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First Scribner hardcover edition.
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xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2015.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
Description
"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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Biographies.
Crystal City (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.) -- Biography.
German Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Iserloh, Ingrid, -- 1930-
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century.
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, -- 1929-
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- 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.