Book Details
| Author: | Gilmore, Eddy: |
| Title: | The Cossacks Burned Down the YMCA - Russia Revisited. |
| Published: | London: The Bodley Head, 1964. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 10 - Travel and Topography |
| Description: | First edition. 208 pp. Frontispiece. A lively account of Eddy Gilmore's return to the Soviet Union after an absence of ten years. His itinerary included Leningrad, Moscow, Volgograd (Stalingrad), Rostov-on-Don, and Georgia. Having spent 12 years previously in Russia as foreign correspondent for the Associated Press he had a wide network of contacts. Topics covered include Krushchev and communism, the Chinese, abstract art, 'kule djhazz,' nuclear disarmament and the hopes of the average young Russian. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition VG. In VG dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #4723 |
| Price: | € 14.00 |
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