The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prison Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
Jan Jarboe Russell
The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prison Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
Jan Jarboe Russell
#3716 of 3,809 books · #1143 in History
Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize (2016).
The story of a secret FDR-approved prisoner exchange program run during World War II from Crystal City, Texas, an American internment camp where thousands of families were incarcerated.
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- Simon and Schuster
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- 9781451693676
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Awards
- Mark Lynton History PrizeShortlisted(2016)
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