![]() ![]() They believed strongly in a strong work ethic, in family and community, and most of all, in freedom. They shared the desire for a new and better life for themselves and their children. Like any American family found in every city, town, or wide spot on a country road, they had their own family traditions and beliefs. Their stories are made even more tragic by the fact that these were ordinary Americans, differing only in national origin or race, but otherwise little different from you and I. The book, "The Train to Crystal City" by Jan Jarboe Russell, is the rarely told story of community, uprooted by war, fear, and anger stripped of nearly everything and held captive behind barbed wire and watchtowers and ultimately used as pawns by a government they trusted in. Last January, I got the opportunity to review one of those rare books which takes the reader by surprise by its depth into the nature of humanity. ![]()
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