| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xix, 393 pages, 8 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-370) and index. |
| 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. --Publisher's description. |
| Contents |
Without trial. New enemies ; Eleanor vs. Franklin ; Strangers in a small Texas town -- Destination: Crystal City. Internment without trial ; A family renunion ; 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. |
| Subject |
Iserloh, Ingrid, 1930-
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Utsusjogawa, Sumi, 1929-
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Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.) -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Texas -- Crystal City.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced repatriation.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Biography.
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Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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German Americans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Crystal City (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9781451693669 |
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1451693664 |
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