The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's classic revelatory novel about turn-of-the-century business and immigrant labor practices. Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant in search of a better life, faces an epic struggle for survival. His story of factory life in Chicago is a saga of working conditions, poverty, crime, disease, and despair. Upton Sinclair's vivid depiction of Chicago's stockyards and slaughterhouses led to a government investigation and the passage of pure food laws. The Jungle continues to pack the same emotional power as when it was first published, more than a hundred years ago.
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Upton Sinclair's classic revelatory novel about turn-of-the-century business and immigrant labor practices.
Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant, embarks on a journey for a better life but instead finds himself in a daunting battle for survival. The tale unfolds in the factories of Chicago during the early twentieth century, exposing brutal working conditions, extreme poverty, rampant crime, disease, and despair.
Upton Sinclair's vivid portrayal of the horrors lurking in Chicago's stockyards and slaughterhouses sparked an uproar among the public, leading to a government investigation and the eventual establishment of pure food laws. Over a century later, The Jungle remains as powerful, evoking the same emotions it did upon its initial release.
Includes an Introduction by Alicia Mischa Renfroe
and an Afterword by Dr. Barry Sears
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Brand: Signet Classics
Publisher Date: 03/03/2015
Author: Upton Sinclair
Dimensions: 6.75 x 4.19
UPC: 9780451472557
Pages: 416
