Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.6
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
69114
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
224
Points per Page
0.053571
Series
Twentieth Century Classics
Description
Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, author John Steinbeck and war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union. They recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants.