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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aSinclair, Upton,
_d1878-1968
245 1 4 _aThe Jungle
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
500 _aRelease date is 2006-03-11
508 _aDavid Meltzer, Christy Phillips, Scott Coulter, Leroy Smith and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMeat industry and trade -- Fiction
653 _aWorking class -- Fiction
653 _aPolitical fiction
653 _aLithuanian Americans -- Fiction
653 _aStockyards -- Fiction
653 _aImmigrants -- Fiction
653 _aChicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/140
999 _c42288
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