Stormy Passage: A Personal History Through Two Russian Revolutions To Democracy And Freedom, 1905-1960
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few lives have intersected so dramatically with history as that of W. S. Woytinsky, whose memoir Stormy Passage chronicles five turbulent decades of revolution, exile, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Beginning with the seismic upheaval of the 1905 Russian Revolution and carrying through to 1960, this gripping personal history traces one man's extraordinary journey from Tsarist Russia through Siberian exile, the Bolshevik coup, and ultimately to the democratic West — a witness to some of the most convulsive events of the twentieth century. Woytinsky writes with the authority of a seasoned economist and the moral urgency of a man who lived on the razor's edge of history, rendering his firsthand account both intellectually rigorous and deeply human. With an introduction by the distinguished statesman and scholar Adolf A. Berle, Stormy Passage stands as a vital document of the revolutionary era, illuminating the idealism, betrayal, and resilience that defined a generation. For readers drawn to the grand sweep of Russian history and the indomitable will of those who survived it, this memoir asks a haunting question: what does freedom truly cost?
Author: W. S. Woytinsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few lives have intersected so dramatically with history as that of W. S. Woytinsky, whose memoir Stormy Passage chronicles five turbulent decades of revolution, exile, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Beginning with the seismic upheaval of the 1905 Russian Revolution and carrying through to 1960, this gripping personal history traces one man's extraordinary journey from Tsarist Russia through Siberian exile, the Bolshevik coup, and ultimately to the democratic West — a witness to some of the most convulsive events of the twentieth century. Woytinsky writes with the authority of a seasoned economist and the moral urgency of a man who lived on the razor's edge of history, rendering his firsthand account both intellectually rigorous and deeply human. With an introduction by the distinguished statesman and scholar Adolf A. Berle, Stormy Passage stands as a vital document of the revolutionary era, illuminating the idealism, betrayal, and resilience that defined a generation. For readers drawn to the grand sweep of Russian history and the indomitable will of those who survived it, this memoir asks a haunting question: what does freedom truly cost?