Little Norway and Sigrid Schultz

First, let me say that this post is not about either the now defunct Little Norway living history site in Wisconsin or Little Norway Resort in Minnesota, which are the first things that a Google search of Little Norway will pull up. Instead it is the story of the main training camp for the Royal…

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Reporting from Weimar Berlin: More Than Just the Nazis

Last Saturday, I spoke about The Dragon From Chicago to an enthusiastic audience at History Camp 2024 in Boston.* At the end, a member of the audience stopped me and asked if Sigrid Schultz reported on anything besides politics. The short answer is yes, indeed she did.  In fact, at one point, Joseph Pierson, then…

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It’s Publication Day for The Dragon From Chicago!

On May 8, 2020, I announced here on the Margins, after months of hinting, that I had a contract with Beacon Press for a new book about Sigrid Schultz, Berlin bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune. I expected to finish the book in two years. *Cue manic laughter* Four years and a bit later, The…

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