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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryback, Timothy W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Books and reading.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Knowledge and learning.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Library of Congress.

Catalogs.

Books and reading.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

History.

Library of Congress--Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xx, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400042043

1400042046

OCLC:

228632586