From the rear cover
An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle his devastating expose of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act.-The brutally grim story of a Slavic family who emigrates to America, The Jungle tells of their rapid and inexorable descent into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and social and economic despair. Vulnerable and isolated, the family of Jurgis Rudkus struggles unsuccessfully to survive in an urban jungle.
A powerful view of turn-of-the-century poverty, graft, and corruption, this fiercely realistic American classic is still required reading in many history and literature classes. It will continue to haunt readers long after they've finished the last page."
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- Title The Jungle
- Author Upton Sinclair
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Unabridged
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-11-09
- ISBN 9780486419237 / 0486419231
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 1170
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Catalog Heading: Classics
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Library of Congress subjects Immigrants, Political fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001032352
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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