, but people who worked for bob larsson.ou? >> push up, grab the neck up against the wall, lift you off your feet. >> reporter: if paula bowen was worried by what she heard, why not pull cassie out? because she can't. an illinois judge approved the truant officer's recommendation and signed a court order declaring it is in the best interests of the minor to remove the minor from the custody of the parent, guardian or custodian. you said to these people, if you're sending my daughter away, please send her close to me. don't send her to the state of montana, which is a good way across the country. >> right. >> and they said? >> she signed the papers. >> did you say she's a 15-year-old child? >> yes. it's a binding contract. they held her to it. >> reporter: this is the truant officer. >> my job is to get kids that are missing school back in school. and then intervene with court services, court related services. >> reporter: it was charlie duke's idea for cassie to go to pinehaven. why? he believes in the ranch's religious phil

. >> did it have any impact on you when erik larsson came out with "garden of beasts"? >> i finished my manuscript when i realized this book was coming out and my first reaction was, why is someone else writing about this subject, but i realized he was writing in a much more focused, narrow slight, not to belittle him in any way. he focused on william dodd, the first american ambassador to germany when hitler took power and his daughter, which is part of my story, too, but two of many characters in my story which stands a much broader era. in the end, a number of people told me that if they read larsson's book, it made them more curious about the other america caps and the broader context and i hope "hitlerland" gives it to them. >> give us some of the names, but who are some of the other names that popped up in this story from the end of world war i to the beginning of world war ii? >> mostly in berlin and munich and other places. i decided to first of all, see whoever left interesting material behind and in a couple of cases i could interview a few people. one of the

in the end, a number of people told me that if they read larsson's book, it made them more curious about the other america caps and the broader context and i hope "hitlerland" gives it to them. >> give us some of the names, but who are some of the other names that popped up in this story from the end of world war i to the beginning of world war ii? >> mostly in berlin and munich and other places. i decided to first of all, see whoever left interesting material behind and in a couple of cases i could interview a few people. one of the original morrow boys. a young ap correspondent and then onto the cray. he was one of the last americans interned in germany. there were a few people. but i ended up speaking to the kids, sometimes grandkids, and getting the written records that they left behind in family archives or public archives, libraries and so forth. there was a stunning number of people there who -- some of whom were well known, william scheirer and a power house and a major broadcaster in the early radio days. there was charles lindbergh comes through germany. you also have people --

. >> did it have any impact on you when erik larsson came out with "garden of beasts"?script when i realized this book was coming out and my first reaction was, why is someone else writing about this subject, but i realized he was writing in a much more focused, narrow slight, not to belittle him in any way. he focused on william dodd, the first american ambassador to germany when hitler took power and his daughter, which is part of my story, too, but two of many characters in my story which stands a much broader era. in the end, a number of people told me that if they read larsson's book, it made them more curious about the other america caps and the broader context and i hope "hitlerland" gives it to them. >> give us some of the names, but who are some of the other names that popped up in this story from the end of world war i to the beginning of world war ii? >> mostly in berlin and munich and other places. i decided to first of all, see whoever left interesting material behind and in a couple of cases i could interview a few people. one of the original morrow boys.