{"product_id":"insurgent-mexico-9780717800995","title":"Insurgent Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eToward the end of 1913 John Reed was sent to cover the revolution in Mexico by \u003cem\u003eMetropolitan\u003c\/em\u003e, a widely read magazine whose writers included the leading muckrakers and reformers of the time. He was also commissioned as a correspondent by the \u003cem\u003eNew York World\u003c\/em\u003e. Then twenty-six years of age, Reed had already won some fame as a journalist, having earlier that year reported the fierce silk workers strike in Paterson, New Jersey, led by the I.W.W. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReed's articles from Mexico established him among the top journalists of his day. Insurgent Mexico, his first published book, included episodes which first had appeared in the \u003cem\u003eMetropolitan\u003c\/em\u003e. Later, in a brief autobiographical essay, he referred to his days in Mexico as \"the most satisfactory period of my life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe preface to this edition is by Renato Leduc, a leading Mexican journalist who was a telegrapher with Villa's army at the time Reed sent his dispatches from Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"International Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520724734226,"sku":"9780717800995","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c182169e-e46c-4625-9502-5590b8c649b3.jpg?v=1731089811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/insurgent-mexico-9780717800995","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}