An eyewitness account of the events that took place during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, in November 1917, Ten Days That Shook the World, shares the narrative in vivid detail and captures the pulse of the action.
The account thrives with revolutionary fervour and social chaos while approaching a pivotal moment in history with careful observation and intense detail. It also includes verbatim speeches and some occasional comments of bystanders which lead to an experience of history like never before.
About the Author
John Silas Reed (1887–1920) was an American journalist, poet and a communist activist. He was a prominent war correspondent for the Mexican Revolution for Metropolitan and covered World War I for The Masses. In 1919, he covered the October Revolution in Petrograd, Russia, which was later shared by him in book form as Ten Days That Shook the World. He co-founded the Communist Labor Party of America in 1919, however the organization was short-lived.
He was given a hero's burial by the Soviet Union and was buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis, one of only five Americans buried there.
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