The Jungle

First published in 1905 ‘The Jungle’ was written by Upton Sinclair an American writer political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres.Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. Many readers were most concerned with his exposure to health violations and unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry during t...See More