TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sinclair,Upton
TI  - The Jungle
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Meat industry and trade -- Fiction
KW  - Working class -- Fiction
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - Lithuanian Americans -- Fiction
KW  - Stockyards -- Fiction
KW  - Immigrants -- Fiction
KW  - Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle; Release date is 2006-03-11; David Meltzer, Christy Phillips, Scott Coulter, Leroy Smith and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is a novel published in 1906. It follows Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they pursue the American Dream in Chicago's meatpacking district. What begins as hopeful optimism quickly descends into a brutal struggle against exploitation, corruption, and poverty. Working in dangerous conditions for meager wages, the family faces mounting tragedies and moral tests. Sinclair's exposé of unsanitary practices in the meat industry sparked public outrage and led to landmark food safety legislation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/140
ER  -