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Upton Sinclair
It is the dawn of the twentieth century. Two young Lithuanian immigrants, Jurgis and Ona, hold their wedding celebration in Packingtown, the heart of Chicago's meatpacking district. According to custom…
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This masterpiece of realist fiction portrays a gripping tale of corruption and greed, and delivers a scathing, satirical critique of social injustice during the early years of the California oil…
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The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair, first published in 1962, is the author's recounting and examination of his life and large body of published works. Beginning with his his childhood in…
In the early part of the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair earned a reputation as a prolific writer, committed socialist, and political activist. He gained enormous popularity when his eloquent 1906…
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle depicts harsh realities in early 20th-century American industry through the eyes of the Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus. As he grapples with exploitation, corruption and the brutality…
Upton Sinclair was not only a prolifc and much admired author, but also a follower of Bernarr MacFadden's Physical Culture movement (see his Physical Culture Cook Book, 1901) and a…
The fuse ignites in Upton Sinclair's King Coal when Hal Warner relentlessly organizes a strike to help fellow coal miners unionize against a corrupt and exploitative coal baron, erupting in…
The Jungle by the American journalist and novelist (1878-1968) Upton Sinclair is a 1906 novel. The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States…
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The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair's scathing expose of early 1900's mainstream media and journalism.
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Discover the story of Oil! with this striking collector's edition from Union Square & Co.'s Signature Editions series! The classic texts that shaped our culture feature exclusive cover art by…
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
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…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Upton Sinclair’s classic brings home the brutal plight of the working class, exposing the corruption and callousness of Corporate America. Just as relevant today as when it was first published…
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, a novel portraying the harsh conditions and exploitation of immigrants in major US cities…
This collection of essays discusses the social and political issues raised by Sinclair’s 1906 novel.
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A Study Guide for Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
When Allan Montague arrives in New York, he is swept into the lifestyle of the fashionable. They know him through his father who was a General in the war. The…
Samuel the Seeker concerns Samuel Prescott, who leaves home with a small amount of money to make his way in the world… .
In his surprising and entertaining Profits of Religion, Upton Sinclair skewers religion in all its forms – among them being the satirically dubbed Bootstrap Lifters, Wholesale Pickpockets Association and Churches…
King Midas was originally published as Springtime and Harvest and is the first of Upton Sinclair’s published works.
The summer had come and Thyrsis was reading Keats and Shelley and the poems of Scott. There came a soft warm evening, when all the world seemed a-dream and he…
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel by Upton Sinclair has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken…
Four plays: The Naturewoman, The Machine, The Second-Story Man, and Prince Hagen. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a prolific American novelist, essayist, playwright, short story writer, and juvenile book writer, whose…
Sinclair, American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works reflected his socialistic views. Among his most famous books is The Jungle, which launched a government investigation of the…
OCEANA. Ah, you’ve never been there, or you wouldn’t feel that way! Picture it as it is at this moment … the broad white beach … the sun setting and…
Will (wildly). Why do we have to start that now? I want to finish the play! (Drags her to work-table.) Come! Sit down here and let’s get busy! Right off…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
The town of Pedro stood on the edge of the mountain country; a straggling assemblage of stores and saloons from which a number of branch railroads ran up into the…
I am telling the story of Sylvia Castleman. I should prefer to tell it without mention of myself; but it was written in the book of fate that I should…
Upton Sinclair's disturbing novel about the Wall Street scare of 1907 portrays the tactics of greedy capitalists who organize the fall of a rival trust company, creating a crash in…
