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

Author/creator Larson, Erik, 1954-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st pbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2012?], ©2011.
Descriptionxviii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Das Vorspiel -- The Man Behind the Curtain -- Into the Wood -- House Hunting in the Third Reich -- Lucifer in the Garden -- How the Skeleton Aches -- Disquiet -- Berlin at Dusk -- When Everything Changed -- The Queer Bird in Exile -- "Table Talk."
Abstract Documents the efforts of the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, William E. Dodd, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapochief Rudolf Diels.
General note"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers ... in 2011"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 423-434) and index.
Genre/formBiography.
LCCN 2012376328
ISBN9780307408853 (pbk. ; p. 4 of cover)
ISBN030740885X (pbk. ; p. 4 of cover)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks E748 .D6 L37 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold