Six Red Months in Russia [Paperback]

Louise Bryant (Author), Mary V. Dearborn (Preface)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2002

Louise Bryant (1885-1936) was an American journalist and writer best known for her Marxist and anarchist beliefs and her essays on radical political and feminist themes. Bryant published articles in several radical left journals during her life. She travelled to Russia with her husband John Reed in 1917 and 1918. While there, they participated in Bolshevik agitation and Communist party activities, and wrote articles about the pending revolution. Her works include: Six Red Months in Russia (1918).

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Powells.com (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971592314
• ISBN-13: 978-0971592315
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,587,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A witness to the most important event of the 20th Century, December 22, 2008

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This review is from: Six Red Months in Russia (Paperback)

This book takes you to the Russia of 1917. We watch the construction of a new society which is run by the workers. What makes this book remarkable and worth reading is that Louise is not just a revolutionary joining in the events but a middle class writer, all be it married to Jack Reed. In the film "Reds" we get a notion of the type of person she is. We know that after Jack's death she enters in to the life of a bourgeois wife - marrying a career diplomat. But here in Russia we feel she really comes alive. She is foremost a journalist but one who is able to understand and recognise a proletarian revolution as it unfolds. She sees its brutal side but also its very gentle and moving side. Finally it's worth looking up her letter to Max Eastman (available on the internet)about the circumstances of Reed's death and subsequent funeral - I dare you to read it dry-eyed!