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 an extended tour of the country.
This previously unpublished diary is a firsthand record of life in the USSR during the 1920s as seen by a leading American cultural figure.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.
- ISBN10 1336015179
- ISBN13 9781336015173
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 29 September 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 313
- Language English