John Reed was an American journalist and writer best known for his detailed and passionate account of the Bolshevik Revolution. His book, "Ten Days That Shook the World," provides a vivid eyewitness report of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Reed's firsthand observations helped shape American understanding of the tumultuous events and the rise of Soviet power. Reed was born in 1887 in Portland, Oregon, and was deeply involved in leftist politics and journalism...