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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

"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"--Jacket flap.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography71 signalsBiography61 signalsGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryWorld War IIHousing, Cities & Urban LifeWar & Military StrategyFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Dayton Literary Peace Prize: Nonfiction2016FinalistSecondary source
Mark Lynton History Prize2016FinalistOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Crystal City, Texas90%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    During World War II, FDR-approved prisoner exchanges were run from Crystal City, Texas, an American internment camp where thousands of families were incarcerated.

    Model confidence 48%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.