Sinclair, Upton  1878-1968., <br/><br/>
The jungle /  [print] 
by Upton Sinclair ; with an introduction by Ronald Gottesman. 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  [(c)1985. 
 - xxxv, 411 pages ;  19 cm. 
 - The Penguin American library .
 - The Penguin American library. .
<br/><br/> Previous edition: New York : Penguin Books, 1974. 
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<br/><br/> Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0140390316 9780140390315 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>84026393 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Leisure Reading<br/>Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Political fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3537.J864 1985 PS3537.I85.S616.J864 1985