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<p><strong>Sinclair the prolific socialist author who is best-remembered for his groundbreaking 1906 fictional expose of labor abuses and the American meat-packing industry The Jungle began by writing jokes and juvenile adventure stories to finance his education at the City College of New York.</strong> Although born to an aristocratic Southern family Sinclair's father was an alcoholic so the family's fortunes varied wildly during his youth. A remarkably successful socialist candidate for Governor of California in the 1930s many of Sinclair's novels revolved around his social concerns. Just as The Jungle was a masterpiece of muckraking journalism that led to initial regulation of food safety in the United States novels like 100%: The Story of a Patriot were fictional responses to Sinclair's real-life social and economic concerns. 100% tells the story of Peter Gudge a poor young man who becomes embroiled in industrial spying and sabotage.</p>