2 John Reed, Eye-Witness
Writer and historian Helen Rappaport reappraises American journalist John Reed, 100 years to the day since he witnessed the Russian Revolution of October 1917 at first hand.
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100 years to the day since American journalist John Reed witnessed first-hand the momentous events in revolutionary Petrograd, writer and historian Helen Rappaport reappraises his classic account, Ten Days That Shook the World.
Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
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