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Toward the end of 1913 John Reed was sent to cover the revolution in Mexico by Metropolitan, a widely read magazine whose writers included the leading muckrakers and reformers of the time. He was also commissioned as a correspondent by the New York World. Then twenty-six years... Read Full Overview

John Reed was an early 20th century journalist best known for writing Ten Days That Shook The World about the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. He also wrote this work about the history of Mexico and its attempts to gain full independence.

In 1910, Mexican peasant Pancho Villa led a rebellion against the wealthy landowners, and fought to redistribute land to the poor Mexican "peons" who worked it for the absentee owners, in what has been called "the first socialist revolution". Originally published as a series... Read Full Overview

Reed's descriptions of the revolution, fought in Mexico's northern desert, puts you right in the saddle riding with Pancho Villa and his men. The rough, patchy reportage, which reads more like field notes than a finished manuscript, only lends to the authenticity. (Daniel... Read Full Overview

Reed's descriptions of the revolution, fought in Mexico's northern desert, puts you right in the saddle riding with Pancho Villa and his men. The rough, patchy reportage, which reads more like field notes than a finished manuscript, only lends to the authenticity. (Daniel... Read Full Overview

A personal adventure story that is also a valuable historic documentary of the heady days Reed spent with Pancho Villa and his peon army in northern Mexico.

Insurgent Mexico is a non-fiction book written by American journalist and political activist John Reed. The book was first published in 1914 and chronicles Reed's experiences during the Mexican Revolution, which lasted from 1910 to 1920. Reed provides a firsthand account of the... Read Full Overview

Insurgent Mexico is a non-fiction book written by American journalist John Reed in 1914. The book is a personal account of Reed's experiences during the Mexican Revolution, which took place from 1910 to 1920. Reed traveled to Mexico to cover the conflict as a correspondent for... Read Full Overview

Insurgent Mexico is a non-fiction book written by journalist John Reed in 1914. The book covers the Mexican Revolution, a period of political and social upheaval in Mexico that lasted from 1910 to 1920. Reed provides a firsthand account of the revolution, having traveled to Mexico... Read Full Overview

Insurgent Mexico is a non-fiction book written by American journalist and activist, John Reed, in 1914. The book chronicles Reed's experiences during the Mexican Revolution, which took place from 1910 to 1920. Reed traveled to Mexico in 1913 to report on the conflict and spent... Read Full Overview