01849cam a2200337 4500 43734984 TxAuBib 20081030120000.0 ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400042043 1400042046 (OCoLC)228632586 TxAuBib Ryback, Timothy W. Hitler's private library : the books that shaped his life / by Timothy W. Ryback. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. xx, 278 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bklst 09/15/2008. LJ 10/15/2008. PW 08/18/2008. Kirkus 08/15/2008. 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. 20081030. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Books and reading. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Knowledge and learning. Library of Congress Catalogs. Germany History 1933-1945. TXDRI