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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Southeast Asia History A secret friends-with-benefits arrangement withErik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitlers rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes Americas first ambassador to Hitlers Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the