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Only eight days after crossing the dan and longing to achieve a resounding victory, he returned to north carolina with 1,600 men. Ten days that shook the world part 22 full audiobook by. Librivox recording of ten days that shook the world, by john reed. Reed was committed to telling the story of the russian revolution as truthfully as possible. Better known as october andor ten days that shook the world this sergei eisenstein classic recreates the final days of the soviet revolution.
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This eyewitness account of the russian revolution by john reed, an american who observed the bolshevik upheaval firsthand, is an unparalleled modern classic. Ten days that shook the world part 12 full audiobook by. The struggle between the proletariat and the middle class, between the soviets and the government, which had begun in the first march days, was about to culminate. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while. Ten days that shook the worldchapter i wikisource, the. Ten days that shook the world public domain audiobook. Download these highlights and all our programmes via the. Ten days that shook the world by john reed penguin books 351 pages paperback. Written by john reed, audiobook narrated by george backman. 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. Writer john reed was eyewitness to the revolution and privy to both the peripheral conversations in the community, as well as the intense speeches made by russias famous leaders. 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.
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