In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts

Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Larson, Erik, 1954-
New York : Crown, [2011]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 448 pages) : illustrations, map
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.
ISBN: 9780307887955
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Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-434) and index.
Read by Stephen Hoye.
Description based on print version record.

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