Hitler's private library: the books that shaped his life

by Ryback, Timothy W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Hitler's private library : the books that shaped his life / Timothy W. Ryback.

Summary

An original exploration of some of the formative influences in Hitler's life--the books he most revered, and how they shaped the man and his thinking. Hitler's education and worldview were formed largely from the books in his private library. Recently, hundreds of those books were discovered in the Library of Congress by Timothy Ryback, complete with Hitler's marginalia on their pages--underlines, question marks, exclamation points, scrawled comments. Ryback traces the path of the key phrases and ideas that Hitler incorporated into his writing, speeches, conversations, self-definition, and actions. In the process, he demonstrates the ability of books to preserve in vivid ways the lives of their collectors.--From publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xx, 278 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307270498, 0307270491, 1283994860, 9781283994866
oclc:ocn430329015
LC Classification:DD247.H5
Dewey Decimal:027.1092

Preface: The man who burned books -- Frontline reading, 1915 -- The mentor's trade -- The Hitler trilogy -- The lost philosopher -- Book wars -- Divine inspiration -- Frontline reading, 1940 -- Hitler's history of the Second World War -- A miracle deferred.

Subjects

Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1933-1945 Books and reading Germany Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 History Hitler, Adolf Holocaust LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library … Learning and scholarship Library of Congress Library of Congress catalogs Particuliere bibliotheken