The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap 1906
ISBN/ASIN: 0808514318
Number of pages: 436
Description:
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform.
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