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In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin / Erik Larson.

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Record Number 661138
ISBN 9781921844034 (pbk.)
9781921844799 (pbk.)
Author Larson, Erik, 1954-
Title In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin / Erik Larson.
Publisher/Date Melbourne : Scribe, 2011.
Pagination etc. xii, 448 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents note First published: New York : Crown.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note In 1933, a year that would prove to be a turning point in history, William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany. He brings his family with him to Berlin, where they experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance, and - ultimately - horror. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of historical figures such as Goring and Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity.
Subject - Name Dodd, William E.(William Edward),1869-1940
Subject Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
Historians -- United States -- Biography
National socialism -- Germany
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
Shelf Location 943.086 LARS
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