Kindle edition of Reds, formerly called \"Ten Days that Shook the World,\" by John Reed. This edition includes an active table of contents.
The book tells Reed\'s firsthand account of the October Revolution in Russing, 1917. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Grigory Zinoviev and Karl Radek, closely during his time in Russia.
In 1920, at the age of 32, and shortly after the book was finished, Reed died. He is one of the few Americans buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis in Moscow, a site normally reserved only for the most prominent Soviet leaders.
In 1981, Warren Beatty wrote, directed, produced and starred in the movie \"Reds,\" which is based on the life of John reed. The movie stars Beatty, Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson.
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