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The Jungle (Dover Thrift Editions)
The Jungle - Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Upton Sinclair
1906 best-seller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486419237
ISBN-10: 0486419231
Publication Date: 11/9/2001
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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 Hewette avatar reviewed The Jungle (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 67 more book reviews
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If you ever think your life is bad...read this book. It is a new insight on Chicago's history and the need for the development of the FDA. Fascinating read.
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 wisergen avatar reviewed The Jungle (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 12 more book reviews
Upton Sinclair wrote this book to bring attention to the problems within the meat-packing industry, and to describe the type of life new immigrants endured. It is well-written, very descriptive and not a "happy" read, but an excellent book for its purpose.


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