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Author Russell, Jan Jarboe, 1951-

Title The train to Crystal City : FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II / by Jan Jarboe Russell.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Southington Library - Adult  LP 940.53 RUS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Large Print Materials  LT 940.5317 RUSSELL    In Mending
Description 657 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print (16 point) rda
Note "Thorndike Press large print nonfiction"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary From 1942 to 1948, trains delivered thousands of Japanese, German, Italian immigrants and their American-born children to a family internment camp in Texas. Crystal City was the center of a government program called "quiet passage," under which hundreds were exchanged for more important Americans held behind enemy lines. Jan Jarboe Russell details a little-known story of how the definition of American citizenship changed under the pressure of war.
Subject [Large print edition].
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 -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Large type books.
Added Title FDR's secret prisoner exchange program and America's only family internment camp during World War II
ISBN 9781410477613 (hardcover)
1410477614 (hardcover)
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