Ten Days That Shook the World (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2007
by Reed, John
- New
An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution
An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed's extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping account of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and of the chance comments of bystanders, and set against an idealized backdrop of soldiers, sailors, peasants, and the proletariat uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting.
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Details
- Title Ten Days That Shook the World (Penguin Classics)
- Author Reed, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Condition New
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, London
- Date 2007-09-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-Y-9780141442129
- ISBN 9780141442129 / 0141442123
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.89 in (19.56 x 13.21 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1140
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects Soviet Union - History - Revolution,
- Dewey Decimal Code 947.084
Summary
An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed's extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping account of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and of the chance comments of bystanders, and set against an idealized backdrop of soldiers, sailors, peasants, and the proletariat uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 01/01/2017, Page 51
