The train to Crystal City : FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II /
Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-
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. - xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-370) and index.
Without trial. New enemies ; Eleanor vs. Franklin ; Strangers in a small Texas town -- Destination: Crystal City. Internment without trial ; A family reunion ; 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.
"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."--
1451693664 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1451693672 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781451693669 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781451693676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014030862
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.)--Biography.
German Americans--History--United States--20th century.
Japanese Americans--History--20th century.
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.
Crystal City (Tex.)--History--20th century.
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. - xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-370) and index.
Without trial. New enemies ; Eleanor vs. Franklin ; Strangers in a small Texas town -- Destination: Crystal City. Internment without trial ; A family reunion ; 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.
"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."--
1451693664 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1451693672 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781451693669 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781451693676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014030862
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.)--Biography.
German Americans--History--United States--20th century.
Japanese Americans--History--20th century.
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.
Crystal City (Tex.)--History--20th century.