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Upton Sinclair 23- The Jungle Story of a Patriot Book of Life

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He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906). Time magazine called him 'a man with every gift except humor and silence.'[3] In 1943, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.ContentsThe Pot Boiler (1913)On Guard: Mark Mallory's Celebration (1903)The Journal of Arthur Stirling or The Valley of the Shadow (1903)A Cadet's Honor (1903)Prince Hagen (1903)Sylvia's Marriage (1914)The Second-Story Man (1912)Samuel the Seeker (1909)A Captain of Industry (1906)The Naturewoman (1912)Love's Pilgrimage (1911)Jimmie Higgins (1919)King Midas: a Romance (1901)The Profits of Religion (1927)The Metropolis (1908)A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy (1898)Damaged Goods (1913)They Call Me Carpenter (1922)King Coal (1917)The Moneychangers (1908)The Book of Life (1922)100%: The Story of a Patriot (1920)The Jungle (1906)Prince Hagen (1903)The scheme of this book is as delightful as it is original. Prince Hagan, son of that Hagan who killed Siegfried, grandson of Alberich, king of the Nibelungs, comes to this earth from Nibelhim for a completion of his education. His first exploits are at school, then in the thick of New York's corrupt politics as a 'boss.' Later, after he has inherited the wealth of the Nibelungs, he enters the society life of the metropolis.Sylvia's Marriage (1914)'The importance of the theme cannot be doubted, and no one hitherto ignorant of the ravages of the evil and therefore, by implication, in need of being convinced can refuse general agreement with Mr. Sinclair upon the question as he argues it. The character that matters most is very much alive and most entertaining.'--The Times.Jimmie Higgins (1919)'Jimmie Higgins' is the fellow who does the hard work in the job of waking up the workers. Jimmie hates war--all war--and fights against it with heart and soul. But war comes, and Jimmie is drawn into it, whether he will or no. He has many adventures--strikes

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