Preface, opening
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This book is a slice of intensified history - history as I saw it. It does not pretend to be anything but a detailed account of the November Revolution, when the Bolsheviki, at the head of the workers and soldiers, seized the sate power of Russia and placed it in the hands of the Soviets.
— John Reed (journalist)
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Source: Wikiquote: "John Reed (journalist)" (Quotes, Ten Days that Shook the World: Ten Days that Shook the World. 2006 Dover Press edition.)
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About John Reed (journalist)
John Silas "Jack" Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for Ten Days That Shook the World, his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution. The movie Reds gives a fictionalized version of his life and experiences.
About John Reed (journalist)
John Silas "Jack" Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for Ten Days That Shook the World, his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution. The movie Reds gives a fictionalized version of his life and experiences.
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