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John Reed
John Silas Jack Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. He ...view moreJohn Silas Jack Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. He was married to writer and feminist Louise Bryant. Reed died in Russia in 1920 and is one of only three Americans buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Reed's short life as a revolutionary writer and activist made him the hero of a generation of radical intellectuals.view less