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The Jungle Upton Sinclair

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


Summary

Presents a story that exposes the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century. This work also brings into moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream.

The Jungle Summary

The Jungle: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.

The Jungle Reviews

When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Sinclair's] novels. -George Bernard Shaw

About Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The Jungle helped in the passage of the pure-food laws during the Progressive Era. Eric Schlosser is a journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of Fast Food Nation. He began his journalism career at the Atlantic Monthly. Charles Burns, a former contributor to Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine, is an illustrator whose work has included the covers of major magazines and CDs. His most well- known comics are Black Hole, Big Baby, and Skin Deep.

Additional information

CIN014303958XVG
9780143039587
014303958X
The Jungle: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Upton Sinclair
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20060328
432
N/A
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