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Author:

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.

Title:

The jungle / Upton Sinclair ; with an introduction and notes by Maura Spiegel.

Publisher:

Barnes & Noble Classics,

Copyright Date:

c2003, 2004

Description:

xxv, 374 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Lithuanian Americans.--Fiction.
Working class.--Fiction.
Stockyards.--Fiction.
Immigrants.--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Didactic fiction.
Political fiction.

Other Authors:

Spiegel, Maura.

Notes:

"Published in 2003 by Barnes & Noble Classics with new Introduction, Notes, Biography, Chronology, Inspired by, Comments & Questions, and for Further Reading. Hardcover edition published in 2004."--Verso. "For further reading": p. 373-374.

Summary:

A documentary novel portraying industry's conditions at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair's novel prompted public outrage which led President Theodore Roosevelt to demand an official investigation. This eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws.

Series:

Barnes & Noble classics

ISBN:

9781593081645
1593081642

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56838884

LCCN:

2004100771

Locations:

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)