A Russian journal
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xxviii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Times 914.7048 STEINBE
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General Note
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1948.
General Note
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1948.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxviii).
Description
... "Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize -- winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad -- now Volgograd -- but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document. What they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called "the great other side there ... [the] private life of the Russian people". Unlike other Western reporting about Russia at the time, A Russian Journal is free of ideological obsessions. Rather, Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of, factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II ..."--Page 4 of cover.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, J. (1999). A Russian journal . Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. 1999. A Russian Journal. Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. A Russian Journal Penguin Books, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John. A Russian Journal Penguin Books, 1999.

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