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

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

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 thought to what might be happening aboard. A closer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klara, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Death and burial.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroad travel > United States > History > 20th century.
Spies > Soviet Union > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.

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