Monday, July 28, 2014

IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson

Finished Mo 7/28/14
(By the author of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY)

1933-1937 US ambassador to Nazi Germany

Mild mannered professor William Dodd and his family. Wife-Mattie, daughter-Martha,  and son.
He wanted an easy post so that he could finish his multi-volumed history of the South.

He was one of the first American diplomats to recognize the true danger of the third reich. But most people thought that Hitler, Goering, and Himmler would fail due to their own ineptness.
It's amazing how much anti semitism existed in so called intelligent American people.

Martha will sleep with any good looking man. Has various affairs with Nazi king-pins including Rudolf Diels, head of the Gestapo.  Also, Soviet diplomat, Boris.

Link to William Dodd wikipedia-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dodd_(ambassador)

Amazon books-
http://www.amazon.com/In-Garden-Beasts-American-Hitlers-ebook/dp/B004HFRJM6

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