The dragon from Chicago : the untold story of an American reporter in Nazi Germany / Pamela D. Toler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toler, Pamela D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Foreign public opinion, American.

Germany.

Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Schultz, Sigrid Lillian.

World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Journalists.

Americans--Germany--History--20th century.

Americans.

National socialism--Public opinion.

National socialism.

War correspondents--United States--Biography.

War correspondents.

Women war correspondents--United States--Biography.

Women war correspondents.

Americans--Germany--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Untold story of an American reporter in Nazi Germany

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]

Summary:

"A captivating look at Sigrid Schultz-one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: "That dragon from Chicago"

A trilingual child

Stranded

Enemy alien

"How to meet a revolution"

Finding her own people

The training of a foreign correspondent

Musical chairs

Front-page girls, stunt reporters, sob sisters, and mob sisters

The "right man" for the job

On the job

Love and loneliness

"The fascisti are very restless"

When putsch comes to shove

Let the games begin

AKA John Dickson

Never entirely at peace

On the air from Berlin

War seemed inevitable

The Berlin blues

Going home

Sick and tired

"A mild little war mongering tour"

From foreign correspondent to war correspondent

Bearing witness

War crimes

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-260) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Toler, Pamela D. Dragon from Chicago

ISBN:

9780807063064

0807063061

OCLC:

1406019327

Publisher Number:

99996903623