Ten Days That shook The World

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This is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders, set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat, soldiers, sailors, and peasants uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting. Reed is buried with other Bolshevik heroes beside the Kremlin wall.

In October 1917 Vladimir Lenin led the revolutionary Bolsheviks in an armed insurrection in Petrograd, an event known as the October Revolution and a pivotal moment in the larger Russian Revolution. American journalist John Reed was there reporting for a socialist magazine and witnessed much of the critical action. When he returned to the United States in April 1918 he was interrogated and his notes and materials were confiscated. After recovering the material seven months later he sequestered himself and wrote his account of the proceedings in a frenzy. It was published in 1919 to a generally positive reception in spite of Reed's admitted bias in favor of the revolutionaries. It is considered today as the best account of possibly the most important event of the 20th century. It is listed by the New York Times on its 1999 list of the Top 100 Works of Journalism and is central to the noted film Reds, which chronicles Reed's life and work covering the revolution.

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