Jungle

Name: Jungle
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ISBN: 9781593081188

ISBN-10: 1593081189

ISBN-13: 9781593081188

Edition: N/A

Authors: Upton Sinclair, George Stade, Maura Spiegel

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Upton Sinclair's muckraking masterpiece "The Jungle" centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago's infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politicians. While Sinclair's main target was the industry's appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged by the disgusting filth and contamination in American food that his novel exposed. As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt demanded an official investigation, which quickly led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. For a work of fiction to have such an…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Publisher: Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.19" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English