Behind the Urals , first published in 1942, is a fascinating first-hand account of a young American\'s journey to Stalin\'s Soviet Union where he lived and worked for 6 years helping build a massive Steel plant in a former wilderness east of the Ural Mountains.
Of interest too are his own experiences: the dangerous workin.
Author Scott\'s account remains a classic work on daily life for workers in the Soviet Union of the 1930s.
The isolated settlement grew into the new City of Magnitogorsk.
Behind the Urals , first published in 1942, is a fascinating first-hand account of a young American\'s journey to Stalin\'s Soviet Union where he lived and worked for 6 years helping build a massive Steel plant in a former wilderness east of the Ural Mountains
