{"product_id":"the-train-to-crystal-city-9781451693676","title":"The Train to Crystal City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II: “A must-read….\u003ci\u003eThe Train to Crystal City \u003c\/i\u003eis compelling, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down” (\u003ci\u003eStar-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Minneapolis).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring World War II, trains delivered thousands of civilians from the United States and Latin America to Crystal City, Texas. The trains carried Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants and their American-born children. The only family internment camp during the war, Crystal City was the center of a government prisoner exchange program called “quiet passage.” Hundreds of prisoners in Crystal City were exchanged for other more ostensibly important Americans—diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and missionaries—behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“In this quietly moving book” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Jan Jarboe Rus","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530138296663,"sku":"9781451693676","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781451693676.jpg?v=1731878218","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-train-to-crystal-city-9781451693676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}