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Upton beal sinclair was a writer of novels of political tracts and social protests. A prolific writer and a pulitzerprize winner, sinclairs work was rooted in and driven by his strong political convictions in socialism. For nearly a century, the original version of upton sinclairs classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. Read the jungle online, free books by upton sinclair.
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Sinclairs 1927 novel did for californias oil industry. Written in 1953 at the pinnacle of the cold war, this story covers the period between 1946 and 1949. Read the jungle, free online version of the book by upton sinclair, on. Post world war two, lanny comes out of retirement as a presidential agent to assist the united states as the russian menace grows. Everywhere in the world of journalism, high and low, you see this power of the advertiser, he writes. Priscilla harden, sinclair s mother, came from a relatively wealthy family one of her sisters was married to a millionaire. He was one of the muckrakers, and a dedication to social and industrial reform underlies most of his writing.
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