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Author:
Toler, Pamela D., author.
Title:
The Dragon from Chicago : The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany / Pamela D. Toler.
Publisher:
Beacon Press,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
272 pages : 8 pages unnumbered plates ; 24 cm
Subject:
Schultz, Sigrid Lillian.
World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Journalists.
Americans--Germany--History--20th century.
National socialism--Public opinion.
War correspondents--United States--Biography.
Women war correspondents--United States--Biography.
Americans--Germany--Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Couverture de presse--États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Journalistes.
Nazisme--Opinion publique.
Correspondants de guerre--États-Unis--Biographies.
Correspondantes de guerre--États-Unis--Biographies.
HISTORY / World.
Germany--Foreign public opinion, American.
Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
Allemagne--Conditions sociales--1933-1945.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
ISBN:
0807063061
9780807063064
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1406019327
LCCN:
2024001843
Locations:
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

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