In the Garden of Beasts

The Extraordinary Story of the Family Witnessing Hitler's Rise to Absolute Power

592 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2012 by Transworld Publishers Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-552-77777-3
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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.

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A great read

It's an odd way to approach the subject but it does work. Larson describes Hitler's rise and the runup to the war exclusively through the experiences of one family, that of Ambassador Dodd.

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Subjects

  • Dodd, william edward, 1869-1940
  • Diplomats, biography
  • Historians, biography
  • National socialism
  • Germany, social conditions
  • Germany, history, 1933-1945
  • Americans, germany