In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
New York : Crown, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
Contents:
Das Vorspiel -- The man behind the curtain -- Into the wood -- House hunting in the Third Reich -- Lucifer in the garden -- How the skeleton arches -- Disquiet -- Berlin at dusk -- When everything changed -- The queer bird in exile -- "Table talk".
Subjects:
Dodd, William E. (William Edward), 1869-1940.
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
Historians -- United States -- Biography.
National socialism -- Germany.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
Dodd, William E. (William Edward), 1869-1940.
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
Historians -- United States -- Biography.
National socialism -- Germany.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
ISBN:
9780307408846
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Dodd, William Edward | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | Out (Due: 6/1/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-434) and index.