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In the garden of beasts love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin

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...

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Main Author: Larson, Erik, 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Hays, Sara Light tribute.
Dodd, William Edward, > 1869-1940.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Historians > United States > Biography.
National socialism > Germany.
Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
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Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xiv, 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-434) and index.
ISBN: 9780307408846
0307408841
9780307408853
030740885X
Author Notes: Erik Larson was born in Brooklyn on January 3, 1954. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and went to graduate school at Columbia University. Larson worked for the Wall Street Journal and then began writing non-fiction books. He is the bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist and Edgar Award-winning, The Devil in the White City, which has been optioned for a feature film by Leonardo DiCaprio. He also wrote In the Garden of the Beasts, Issac's Storm, Thunderstruck and The Naked Consumer.

Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State University, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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