Item details: FDR's funeral train : a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance - 46058922

FDR's funeral train : a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance

text FDR's funeral train : a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance

Summary: "In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried. It passed with darkened windows; few gave tho... Read more

Contents: Pine Mountain -- "Run slow, run silent" -- The fish room -- The mainline -- Twelve hours -- Train of secrets -- Car No. 3 -- Where the sundial stands -- Homeward -- "We do not fear the future."

Format: text

Description: xx, 244 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 2010

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	973.917 KLA in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	973.917 KLA in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Death and burial Funeral rites and ceremonies United States History 20th century Railroad travel United States History 20th century Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962 Spies Soviet Union Biography Truman, Harry S 1884-1972 United States Politics and government 1933-1945 World War, 1939-1945 United States

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