Red Comet: A Tale of Travel in the U S S R
| Title | Red Comet: A Tale of Travel in the U S S R |
| Year for Search | 1936 |
| Authors | Trease, Geoffrey(1909-98) |
| Pagination | 211 pp. |
| Date Published | 1936 |
| Publisher | Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U.S.S.R. |
| Place Published | Moscow |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Children’s book that depicts the Soviet Union as a eutopia seen through the eyes of two children from the United States who are able to fly around the country. Particular emphasis on the Soviet children. An author’s note at the end says that it is based on his own travels around the country in 1935. |
| Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1937. U.S. ed. New York: International Publishers, 1937. Both the U.K. and U.S. eds. were printed in Moscow. |
| Illustration | Illus. Fred Ellis |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (1909-98) |
| Full Text | 1936 Trease, Geoffrey (1909-98). Red Comet: A Tale of Travel in the U S S R. Illus. Fred Ellis. Moscow : Co-operative publishing society of foreign workers in the U.S.S.R. U.K. ed. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1937. U.S. ed. New York: International Publishers, 1937. Both the U.K. and U.S. eds. were printed in Moscow. 211 pp. PSt Children’s book that depicts the Soviet Union as a eutopia seen through the eyes of two children from the United States who are able to fly around the country. Particular emphasis on the Soviet children. An author’s note at the end says that it is based on his own travels around the country in 1935. |
