Original Cloth. 8vo. 370 pages. 21 cm. First Yiddish edition. Translation of ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’, the first-person chronicle of a legendary journalist at the flashpoint of the Russian Revolution, whence he delivers one of the great stories of the twentieth century, by John Reed (1887-1920) . The translator, Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878 – 1939) came to the United States in 1915, was a major contributor to the Forverts, and then was one of the founders of the Workers (Communist) Party in 1922. When the Jewish Socialist Federation split in 1921, Olgin severed his connections with the Forward. Later when the Federation united with the Communists, he was made one of the organizers of the Jewish section of the Party. He was a member of the National Committee of the Communist Party for many years. Olgin was one of the founders of the Yiddish Daily Freiheit (now Morning Freiheit) and served as its editor up to the time of his death. Subjects: Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921. October Revolution – John Reed – Yiddish translation. Front hinge starting, otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (YID-19-66) xx