PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A GUIDE TO THE ORIGINAL BOOK. Guide to Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts Preview: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson explores several crucial years in Berlin through the eyes of the US ambassador and his family. Their experiences serve as both a cautionary tale about the insidiousness of evil and a harbinger of the hard realization that the rest of America was forced to make in a few short years... Inside this companion: - Summary of the book - Important People - Character Analysis - Analysis of the Themes and Author's Style