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

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307887955 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307887952 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 448 p.) : ill., map.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Crown, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 arches -- Disquiet -- Berlin at dusk -- When everything changed -- The queer bird in exile -- "Table talk."
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Stephen Hoye.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.