The Jungle

Sinclair, Upton (Author)

ISBN 10: 1646798473 / ISBN 13: 9781646798476

Published by Cosimo Classics, 1905

About this Item

320 pages. 5.50x0.88x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1646798473

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jungle
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication Date: 1905
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646798473
• ISBN 13: 9781646798476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

"It is a book that does for modern industrial slavery what Uncle Tom's Cabin did for black slavery. But the work is done far better and more accurately in The Jungle than in Uncle Tom's Cabin." -Arthur Brisbane in the New York Evening Journal, (1906) The Jungle (1906) is an iconic novel in which Sinclair drew on several years of research to unmask the corruption in Chicago's meatpacking industry and the misery it inflicted on the lives of the workers there. Its main plot tells the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, and his extended family, all of whom had come to the United States to live the American dream. While created by the author to expose abuses and advance the cause of socialism in the US, its more practical outcome was reforms that included the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.

About the Author

UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968) a prolific American writer and muckraker, contributor to many socialist publications and political activist, wrote about worker rights, free speech, and health. Among his many books are The Jungle (1906), The Fasting Cure (1911), and The Profits of Religion (1917) from the Dead Hand series.