“A fascinating portrait of a trailblazing reporter who was an eyewitness to history.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“Toler’s propulsive narrative, which chronicles Schultz’s investigative escapades and scoops, is a journalistic adventure story of the highest caliber.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“An outstanding biographical subject, Schultz and her exploits will fascinate those eager to discover a fearless woman who did not hesitate to tell the truth.”
—Booklist
“Riveting . . . Toler’s narrative paints a fascinating picture of her subject: a woman driven to hunt down the next story and to bring the truth to her readers . . . Vivid, insightful, and meticulously researched, Toler’s biography turns a well-deserved spotlight on Schultz and her career.”
—Shelf Awareness
“As the Chicago Tribune’s bureau chief in Berlin, Sigrid Schultz interviewed Hitler, broke the story of the Nazi-Soviet pact, and reported firsthand from the death camps. She deserves to be far better known than she is, and in The Dragon from Chicago, Pamela Toler admirably rescues her legacy. Intelligent, perceptive, and thoughtfully written, this is the definitive work on a foreign correspondent who shattered gender stereotypes and fought for the truth against lies and propaganda—a valuable lesson for our time as well as her own.”
—Matthew Goodman, author of Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World
“With documents and historical context presented in crisp, inviting prose, Pamela Toler has re-notched the place of Sigrid Schultz in that intriguing band of American correspondents of the 1920s to the 1940s—both men and women—who worked at the forefront of international reporting and news analysis.”
—Brooke Kroeger, author of Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism
“A wildly inspirational tale. I’m so glad that Toler rescued Schultz’s legacy.”
—Julia Scheeres, coauthor of Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
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