An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An Americanjournalist and revolutionary writer John Reed became a close friend of Leninand was an eye... » 

An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An Americanjournalist and revolutionary writer John Reed became a close friend of Leninand was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shookthe World is Reedas extraordinary record of that event. Writing in the firstflush of revolutionary enthusiasm he gives a gripping account of the events inPetrograd in November 1917 when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power.Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and of the chancecomments of bystanders and set against an idealized backdrop of soldierssailors peasants and the proletariat uniting to throw off oppression Reedasaccount is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassedclassic of reporting. «