Gordon Olson: A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolshevics February 24, 2011

When he was drafted for duty in the United States Army during World War I, Godfrey Anderson had no idea he was about to embark on a horrific adventure that would find him doing battle with Bolshevik revolutionaries in the frozen reaches of northern Russia. Gordon Olson is Grand Rapids City Historian Emeritus and the author or editor of many local history books, including 'The Gift of All' and 'Thin Ice.'