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Dreiser's Russian Diary (University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition)
Dreiser's Russian Diary - University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition Author:Theodore Dreiser, Thomas P. Riggio, James L. W. West Theodore Dreiser's Russian Diary is an extended record of the American writer's travels throughout the Soviet Union in 1927-28. Dreiser was initially invited to Moscow for a week-long observance of the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. He asked, and was granted, permission to make a extended tour of the country. This previously unpubl... more »ished diary is a firsthand record of life in the USSR during the 1920s as seen by a leading American cultural figure. It is a valuable primary source, surely among the last from this period of modern history.« less