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Hector J. Boon
An elusive early 20th-century writer, best known for firsthand reporting on revolutionary Russia and anti-Bolshevik politics in America. Very little is firmly documented about the person behind the name, which only adds to the intrigue around the work.
1 Audiobook
How much Bolshevism is there in America? : Also a series of articles entitled "Russia from the inside"
by Arno Dosch-Fleurot, Hector J. Boon
About the author
Hector J. Boon is a little-known author associated with How Much Bolshevism Is There in America?, a 1921 volume preserved by Project Gutenberg and listed by The Online Books Page. In that book, his contribution appears as a series titled Russia from the Inside, presenting him as a New York businessman who had recently returned from extended travel in Russia.
A modern historical article about the Siberian intervention describes a man named Hector Boon arriving in Irkutsk during the Russian Civil War and notes how unusually mysterious he seemed even to contemporaries. Because reliable biographical records are scarce, it is hard to say with confidence how much more can be established beyond his link to Russia, political commentary, and that surviving publication.
For listeners, that scarcity is part of the appeal: Boon comes across less as a fully known public figure and more as a witness from a turbulent moment in history, leaving behind a narrow but vivid trace in the record.