As this evolves it would be cool to see if you could work with Lomez to get a promo code for any other books in the Passage Press library for future readings— Excited to see where this goes and looking forward to the meeting
My hope is to finish the reading in the next couple days and leave my replies on the first book club post. Chapter two is a doozy because a lot is happening and there are a lot of names thrown around. It’s all hard to keep track of who is who and what faction they are apart of.
My dislike for communism is inherited and unexplored. I thought Bolsheviks was some kind of meat dish and the Cold War was just like our parents practiced hiding under their desks. We’ve all visited the Wikipedia pages for communism death counts and Mao’s sparrows, but it’s a bit abstract and foreign. Now that socialism is en vogue, this history makes the ideology concrete and human. Maybe reading Wrangel’s struggle will give us clarity on the worthiness of protecting our country from it.
I found I was struggling a bit with the context so I’m listening to McMeekin’s “The Russian Revolution” on Audible to get the overall narrative alongside Wrengel’s account. Makes a huge difference if you aren’t already well versed in the timeline.
If the physical copy you ordered has not arrived yet, a public domain copy can be found on the Internet Archive. Kindle also has it for $4.
Dang it, just saw this today. Will be catching up the rest of the week
As this evolves it would be cool to see if you could work with Lomez to get a promo code for any other books in the Passage Press library for future readings— Excited to see where this goes and looking forward to the meeting
My hope is to finish the reading in the next couple days and leave my replies on the first book club post. Chapter two is a doozy because a lot is happening and there are a lot of names thrown around. It’s all hard to keep track of who is who and what faction they are apart of.
Attendance is mandatory btw
My dislike for communism is inherited and unexplored. I thought Bolsheviks was some kind of meat dish and the Cold War was just like our parents practiced hiding under their desks. We’ve all visited the Wikipedia pages for communism death counts and Mao’s sparrows, but it’s a bit abstract and foreign. Now that socialism is en vogue, this history makes the ideology concrete and human. Maybe reading Wrangel’s struggle will give us clarity on the worthiness of protecting our country from it.
I will make effort to read the online version, my old printed copy is elsewhere. How technologically are you hosting this?
Just going to be a podcast episode where I discuss the reader responses
Finally getting this book off of my performative bookshelf. 🫡
I found I was struggling a bit with the context so I’m listening to McMeekin’s “The Russian Revolution” on Audible to get the overall narrative alongside Wrengel’s account. Makes a huge difference if you aren’t already well versed in the timeline.
My copy has not come in the mail yet so I will have some catching up to do :((((