Between Revolutions
Subtitle: An American Romance With Russia
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: October 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780826215987
Subjects: Biography: general; Social history; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Biography & Autobiography; History - U.S.; United States - General; Biography/Autobiography; Russia; Biography; Educators; 20th century; Americans; Novelists, American; Soviet Union
First sentence: On first glance, Russia was forest, spreading endlessly below the plane's wing; an ocean of firs and yellowing birch leaves.
Description: "Documents the author's experiences in the Soviet Union in an American Field Service exchange program during the last years of the Cold War. Looks at the lives of ordinary Russians and the difficulties of American/Soviet relations"--Provided by publisher.