02467cam a2200385 i 4500 623931930 TxAuBib 20140811120000.0 101101s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010045402 9780307408846 0307408841 (OCoLC)676726650 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Larson, Erik. In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin / by Erik Larson. First edition. New York : Crown, 2011. xiv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-434) and index. 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". In this readable narrative, author Larson (The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck) offers a real-life, eyewitness perspective inside the Nazi hierarchy as Hitler came to power. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered professor from Chicago, became the first US ambassador to Hitler's Germany in 1933. Dodd, his wife, their son, and their 24-year-old daughter Martha lived in Germany for about five years. Drawing on Martha's diaries and letters, much of the book centers on Martha's romantic affairs with high-ranking Nazi officials and her eventual heroism as she realized Hitler's true character. Meanwhile, her father William Dodd informed the US State Department of increasing Jewish persecution, with little response from the State Department. The book sheds light on why it took so long for the world to recognize the threat posed by Hitler. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com.) Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.7 22 152519. 20140811. Dodd, William E William Edward 1869-1940. Diplomats United States Biography. Historians United States Biography. National socialism Germany. Germany Social conditions 1933-1945. Biographies. lcgft TXKPL