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

Larson, Erik. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307408853
  • ISBN: 030740885X
  • Physical Description: xviii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st pbk. edition
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Paperbacks, [2012?]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers ... in 2011"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-434) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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."
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.7 22 152519.
Subject:
Dodd, William E. (William Edward), 1869-1940.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Historians > United States > Biography.
National socialism.
Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 112 of 122 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 122 total copies.
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Madison Main Library 943.086 LAR (Text) 30229100860757 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mars Hill Library 943.086 LAR (Text) 30229100730521 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library B Dodd (Text) 31010000365306 Adult Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 943.086 L (Text) 39493106952254 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library 943.086 LAR (Text) 30664100218905 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Andrews Public Library B DODD (Text) 80605000772540 Adult Biography Available -
Ashe County Public Library 943.086 LAR (Text) 50503300259803 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library NFIC 943.155 LAR (Text) 31111002502456 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Barco Library 943.086 LAR (Text) 39488200825133 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Branch 943.086 Larson (Text) 34269000139981 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/21/2026

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Summary: 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.