John Reed
Author / playwright
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American journalist; joined Communists while reporting the Revolution in 1917; author of Ten Days that Shook the World; helped form the Communist Labour Party in the US in 1919. Died of typhus in the Soviet Union. Serge wrote of him: "Reed was tall, forceful, and matter-of-fact, with a cool idealism and a lively intelligence tinged by humour".
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Ten Days that Shook the World
Author / Playwright