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Reed was committed to telling the story of the russian revolution as truthfully as possible. That the book was banned by russian premier josef stalin is a testament to the authors success in carrying out his mission. This book is a slice of intensified historyhistory as i saw it. His book ten days that shook the world is a first hand experience of the revolution that changed the course of human history. Mar 16, 2012 ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917 which reed experienced firsthand.
Ten days that shook the world 2017 edition open library. Ten days that shook the world is reeds extraordinary record of that event. Also contains the biography of john reed by albert rhys williams. Ten days that shook the world was the title john reed gave his remarkable book. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books.
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After the first world war, the bolshevik revolution of. John reed s name has been inextricably linked to the events of the 1917 great october socialist revolution. Ten days that shook the world john reed the firstperson chronicle of a lengendary journalist at the flashpoint of the russian revolution, whence he delivers one of the great stories of the twentieth century. John reeds ten days that shook the world is the single best surviving account of the november 1918 russian revolution, and a glimpse of the dramatic events of a century ago that continue to reverberate to the present day. So begins john reeds firsthand account of the bolshevik revolution of 1917.
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Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders, set. In september general kornilov marched on petrograd to make himself military dictator of russia. It is not a mere enumeration of facts, nor a collection of documents, but a succession of scenes from life, so typical that any participant in the revolution. John reed john reed s ten days that shook the world, published in 1922, is a gripping account of the russian revolution that took place just years earlier in the midst of world war i. Ten days that shook the world by john reed goodreads. Ten days that shook the world 97819746452 by reed, john and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Of all of the books by american witnesses of the russian revolution, john reeds ten days that shook the world was and still is the best known. A collection of writings from american socialistturnedcommunist john reed. Journalist john reed gives a firsthand account of russias 1917. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in petrograd in november 1917, when lenin and the bolsheviks finally seized power. Ten days that shook the world is reed s extraordinary record of that event. Feb 01, 2002 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Ten days that shook the world part 12 full audiobook by.
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