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

The telephone call that forever changed the lives of the Dodd family of Chicago came at noon on Thursday, June 8, 1933, as William E. Dodd sat at his desk at the University of Chicago. Now chairman of the history department, Dodd had been a professor at the university since 1909, recognized nationally for his work on the American South and for a biography of Woodrow Wilson. He was sixty-four years old, trim, five feet eight inches tall, with blue-gray eyes and light brown hair. Though his face at rest tended to impart severity, he in fact had a sense of humor that was lively, dry, and easily ignited. He had a wife, Martha, known universally as Mattie, and two children, both in their twenties. His daughter, also named Martha, was twenty-four years old; his son, William Jr.--Bill--was twenty-eight.

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  • "The telephone call that forever changed the lives of the Dodd family of Chicago came at noon on Thursday, June 8, 1933, as William E. Dodd sat at his desk at the University of Chicago. Now chairman of the history department, Dodd had been a professor at the university since 1909, recognized nationally for his work on the American South and for a biography of Woodrow Wilson. He was sixty-four years old, trim, five feet eight inches tall, with blue-gray eyes and light brown hair. Though his face at rest tended to impart severity, he in fact had a sense of humor that was lively, dry, and easily ignited. He had a wife, Martha, known universally as Mattie, and two children, both in their twenties. His daughter, also named Martha, was twenty-four years old; his son, William Jr.--Bill--was twenty-eight."@en
  • "In 1933, President Roosevelt personally selected William E. Dodd to be the United States ambassador to Nazi Germany. Dodd took his family with him, including his daughter Martha. Initially enamored with the Nazi party and its passion, Martha supported the Third Reich. However, when Hitler's violent policies became apparent, Martha changed her opinion and watched in horror. Here, author Erik Larson offers a chilling first-person account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's rule."@en
  • "In 1933, President Roosevelt personally selected William E. Dodd to be the United States ambassador to Nazi Germany. Dodd took his family with him, including his daughter Martha. Initially enamored with the Nazi party and its passion, Martha supported the Third Reich. However, when Hitler's violent policies became apparent, Martha changed her opinion and watched in horror. Here, author Erik Larson offers a chilling first-person account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's rule."
  • "Widely acclaimed as a master of narrative nonfiction, Erik Larson is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City, which remained on the hardcover and paperback lists for a combined total of more than three years. Set on the cusp of World War II, In the Garden of Beasts follows the American ambassador to Nazi Germany and his family as they settle in the heart of Hitler's Berlin in a grand old house on the city's central park, the Tiergarten -- in literal translation, the Garden of Beasts. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, the family first experiences an optimistic city of packed cafés and concert halls before a climactic spasm of violence reveals Hitler's ruthless ambition and true character."
  • "A portrait of Berlin during the first years of Hitlers reign focuses on two Americans: William E. Dodd, who in 1933 became the United States' first ambassador to Hitlers regime, and his scandalously carefree daughter, Martha."@en
  • "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. Dodd, a mild-mannered professor, brings his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter with him. At first it seems entrancing; but as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, Dodd telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. As that first year unfolds, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance and ultimately horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder unmasks Hitler's ruthless ambition."@en
  • "Larson details the experiences of William E. Dodd--America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany. The year is 1933 and Dodd and his family witness firsthand the rise of the Third Reich."@en

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