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Four plays: The Naturewoman, The Machine, The Second-Story Man, and Prince Hagen. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a prolific American novelist, essayist, playwright, short story writer, and juvenile book writer, whose works reflected the social problems of 19th Century industry. His two great boyhood... More

1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fierc... More

King Coal is about modern feudalism; about a mining company in the early twentieth century keeping control of worker serfs while company management behave as medievel lords. Like an ancient kingdom, workers live in company villages; they must purchase all their needs from company stores and remain c... More

Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres, often advocating socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the Twentieth Century.Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 - November 2... More

1921. Sinclair, American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works reflected his socialistic views. Among his most famous books is The Jungle, which launched a government investigation of the meatpacking plants of Chicago, and changed the food laws of America. Sinclair's bo... More

The Metropolis (originally published in1908) is an exploration of fashionable New York society. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a prolific American novelist, essayist, playwright, short story writer, and juvenile book writer, whose works reflected the social problems of 19th Century industry. His two... More