John reed’s book ten days that shook the world

In ten days that shook the world, reed records what he saw happening in russia. Frankly, i dont know quite what i expected from this book beyond a better understanding of russias tumultuous history. Aug 03, 2017 it is indicative that in reeds book, replete with laudatory mentions of lenin, trotsky, and other bolsheviks, as well as of dissidents within the party, stalin is mentioned just twice, in passing. Buy ten days that shook the world book online at the folio society from the. No 47 ten days that shook the world by john reed 1919. John reeds ten days that shook the world represents one of the 20th centurys greatest politicalliterary achievements, being one of the first book length eyewitness accounts of the great russian october revolution. Here is a book which i should like to see published in millions of copies and translated into all languages. Ten days that shook the world is john reed s eyewitness account of the russian revolution. He reported on the russian revolution, us labor strikes, the mexican revolution, and world war i. Ten days that shook the world read book online for free. Unreservedly do i recommend it to the workers of the world. An american journalist and revolutionary writer, john reed became a close friend of lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in russia.

While it is intended as an impartial and unbiased historical account, by reed s own admission, in the struggle his sympathies were not neutral. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders closely during his time in russia. Apr 26, 2007 ten days that shook the world is john reed s eyewitness account of the russian revolution. Jan 01, 2007 ten days that shook the world is american journalist and socialist john reed s firsthand account of the russian october revolution of 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. An impassioned firsthand account of the russian revolution, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in march 2017 an american journalist and revolutionary writer, john reed became a close friend of lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in russia. 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.

Ten days that shook the world audiobook by john reed. Ten days that shook the world by john reed, 1989 online. Lenin, who would become a close friend of reeds, wrote of ten days that shook the world. John reed was a journalist, activist, poet, and author. When the book appeared in russia in a later edition with a brief introductory paragraph written by lenin. Nov 12, 2017 reeds book chronicles the ten days of this second revolution, from november 7 to november 17. Mar 01, 2017 john reeds ten days that shook the world, however, is something radically distinct from most historical works. John reed, author, ten days that shook the world or books.

More telling is that in the ussr during the stalin years, possessing copies of ten days that shook the world was considered a crime against the state. In ten days that shook the world john reed conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. The book was penned by john reed, a socialist journalist from the united states, who was the subject of the warren beatty movie, reds. Ten days that shook the world is american journalist and socialist john reed s firsthand account of the russian october revolution of 1917.

Nov 07, 2017 the spanish publication of the great john reeds ten days that shook the world could not come at a more fitting time than the 100th anniversary of the russian revolution. John reeds story of the russian revolution has become established as possibly the finest. His book ten days that shook the world remains one of the most exciting accounts of the russian revolution. Ten days that shook the world is the classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 by a western journalist and has been admired worldwide since its. Reed was an american journalist of socialist leaningshe admits that his account is not without biasand the only american buried in the kremlin. Ten days that shook the world was based on reed s book. With the greatest interest and with never slackening attention i read john reeds book, ten days that shook the world. Of course, nobody knew at the time just how important the russian revolution would be geopolitically, especially with the advent of the cold war less than 25 years later. Ten days that shook the world by john reed librarything. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. 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 marxists internet archive. That the book was banned by russian premier josef stalin is a testament to the authors success in carrying out his mission. The publishing history of ten days that shook the world carries its own significance. One hundred years after russia and the world trembled, ten days that shook the world brings alive the momentous events of 1917. John dos passos included a highly stylized, brief biography of reed in his 1932 novelhistory work 1919, the second part of his u. John reeds immersive eyewitness account of the 1917 bolshevik revolution. Ten days that shook the world is a compendium of eyewitness reporting and translated except for some illustrations source materials from this pivotal point in the russian revolution. Ten days that shook the world summary supersummary. Sep 12, 2017 reed was committed to telling the story of the russian revolution as truthfully as possible.

Ten days that shook the world by john reed, tbd, paperback. From the first to the last page it gives a gripping and pulsating account of the revolution, up to now the greatest single event in human history. John reeds ten days that shook the world represents one of the. Ten days that shook the world is the title that john reed gave to his remarkable work, which describes with extraordinary drama and power the first days of the october revolution. Ten days that shook the world is a 1919 book on the october revolution in russia by american journalist and socialist activist john reed. Ten days that shook the world is john reeds eyewitness account of the russian revolution.

John reed, author, ten days that shook the world or books john reed was a journalist, activist, poet, and author. The book is far from a simple enumeration of facts or a collection of documents. Soviet director sergei eisensteins influential 1927 silent film october. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ten days that shook the world. Ten days that shook the world by john reed goodreads. Ten days that shook the world 1919 is a book by the american journalist and socialist john reed about the october revolution in russia in 1917, which. John reeds ten days that shook the world marxists internet. Ten days that shook the world kindle edition by reed, john. John reed john reeds 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. When, in 1967, famed screenwriter and hollywood ten defendant john howard lawson wrote his introduction for an earlier international publishers edition of john reedsten days that shook the world,the halfcentury mark of the russian revolution could be celebrated in a vastly different way than.

The immediacy of reed s reporting makes ten days that shook the world an essential historical document, one that brings us as close as possible to the tumultuous events of 1917. John reed, active in the left wing of the socialist party of america, went on to found the communist party, usa, along with james p. Ten days that shook the world was based on reeds book. Dec 19, 2016 in 1922, his book was republished with an encomium from lenin himself. Writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a.

Apr 26, 2007 ten days that shook the world is john reeds eyewitness account of the russian revolution. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There is more than one author in the goodreads database with this name. Mar 16, 2017 john reeds ten days that shook the world represents one of the 20th centurys greatest politicalliterary achievements, being one of the first book length eyewitness accounts of the great russian october revolution. 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. This is a most powerfully written american radical journalists eyewitness account of the bolshevik seizure of powerrecording the excitement of the october days and the beginnings of john reed s own revolutionary disillusionment. Idealistically, john reed agreed with lenin when he wrote ten days that shook the world. John reed died in 1920, shortly after the book was finished, and he is one of. Reed followed many of the prominent bolshevik leaders, especially grigory zinoviev and karl radek, closely during his time in russia. It is a journalistic account, rather than a historians reconstruction, of the bolshevikled upheaval in late 1917 which replaced the ailing provisional government of alexander kerensky with that of the soviet councils. Reed was a socialist himself and was working for a socialist newspaper when he went to russia to report on.

Ten days that shook the world is reeds extraordinary record of that event. 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. Reed was committed to telling the story of the russian revolution as truthfully as possible. Of course, nobody knew at the time just how important the russian revolution would be geopolitically, especially with the advent of the cold war less than. Review by alex miller john reeds classic account of the russian revolution of november 1917 isnt an attempt at largescale dispassionate historical analysis, but an eyewitness account of the bolsheviks rise to power penned on the spot or shortly afterwards by a sympathetic us socialist.