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We see Jack Reed not only as the daring adventurer, the successful, celebrated, attractive hero, but in his ordeals, in his less than lovable, less than admirable moments, in his stormy and sometimes pathetic relationships, in his ambition and drive for achievement, for sensation, in his moments of despair.… (más)
In the late 1970's my wife dragged me to see the movie "Reds". Although the movie didn't impress me, it did make me curious about John Reed. Many years before, I had heard of his best known work, "Ten Days That Shook the World", his name didn't ring a bell. But I did buy this book when it appeared in one of the many catalogs I was receiving at the time. I finally read it this year (2012).
The edition I got (Vantage Books, 1981) was supposedly a trade paperback, but the quality was down with the worst of mass market paperbacks. The pages were glued at the spine ("perfect" binding) and the glue disintegrated as I read the book, so by the time I finished most of the pages had fallen out. Also, it was printed on high-acid paper, which had turned brown by this time.
Rosenstone gives a comprehensive and apparently accurate account of Reed's life from his birth in Portland, Oregon (1887) to his death in Moscow, Russia (1920) of typhus.
In between, Reed made his living primarily as a journalist. Apparently from his days as a Harvard student, he was a Socialist, social activist, and labor activist. His journalistic assignments included the Mexican revolution, World War I, the labor movement (primarily in the United States), and the Russian Revolution.
Rosenstone's writing is generally clear, straightforward, and pedestrian. As I progressed through the book, I found my interest declining, until I was impatient to just get the thing finished. The production defects mentioned above probably contributed to the decline.
In sum, "Romantic Revolutionary) is worthwhile for one seriously interested in Reed's life. The reader with little or casual interest should pass. ( )
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For Cheri -- you taught me love is work is love
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Preface -- Since a book speaks for itself, I will not indulge here in elaborate explanations of what is to come, but only share a few thoughts to help guide the reader. Because John Reed was a prolific writer, and a man of strong convictions about artistic, social, and political problems, the pages of this work are filled with the development of his attitudes. Without necessarily sharing such ideas, I have tried to explain how -- within the context of his experiences -- they made sense to him. To avoid interrupting the narrative, I let the ideas emerge from discussions of his work and actions; the carefule reader should have no difficulty separating Reed's opinions from may occasional comments upon them.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Far from the western sea, far from Portland, were great arenas where men battled against dominion of old beliefs, old systems, old realities, and faced an angry destiny. Such struggles are never-ending and always available for those who seek them, the poets, the visionaries, the romantics. John Reed was one of them, one of those rare individuals who see beyond things as they are, act upon dreams of what they may become, and are willing to clothe their vision with all the frail power of mortal flesh.
We see Jack Reed not only as the daring adventurer, the successful, celebrated, attractive hero, but in his ordeals, in his less than lovable, less than admirable moments, in his stormy and sometimes pathetic relationships, in his ambition and drive for achievement, for sensation, in his moments of despair.
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The edition I got (Vantage Books, 1981) was supposedly a trade paperback, but the quality was down with the worst of mass market paperbacks. The pages were glued at the spine ("perfect" binding) and the glue disintegrated as I read the book, so by the time I finished most of the pages had fallen out. Also, it was printed on high-acid paper, which had turned brown by this time.
Rosenstone gives a comprehensive and apparently accurate account of Reed's life from his birth in Portland, Oregon (1887) to his death in Moscow, Russia (1920) of typhus.
In between, Reed made his living primarily as a journalist. Apparently from his days as a Harvard student, he was a Socialist, social activist, and labor activist. His journalistic assignments included the Mexican revolution, World War I, the labor movement (primarily in the United States), and the Russian Revolution.
Rosenstone's writing is generally clear, straightforward, and pedestrian. As I progressed through the book, I found my interest declining, until I was impatient to just get the thing finished. The production defects mentioned above probably contributed to the decline.
In sum, "Romantic Revolutionary) is worthwhile for one seriously interested in Reed's life. The reader with little or casual interest should pass. (