{"product_id":"the-jungle","title":"The Jungle","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpton Sinclair was a prolific author, committed socialist, and political activist who gained enormous popularity when his 1906 novel \n\u003ci\u003eThe Jungle \u003c\/i\u003eexposed conditions in the U.S. meat-packing industry. In 1943, he earned a Pulitzer Prize for his series tale, \n\u003ci\u003eDragon's Teeth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e -- his devastating exposé 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sinclair, Upton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2001-11-09\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction \/ Classics|Fiction \/ Political|Fiction \/ World Literature \/ American - 20th Century|Fiction \/ Historical \/ 20th Century - General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Immigrants|Working class|Political fiction|Chicago (Ill.)|Stockyards|Lithuanian Americans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486419237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486419237\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372207698201,"sku":"SP-9780486419237","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486419237_spiral.png?v=1778439609","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-jungle","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}