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The Jungle Read by Robert Morris

A prospector, threatened with death by a native conjuror for violating African land, feels himself stalked in the deserted streets of Manhattan by a giant jungle beast.

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  • "The horrifying conditions of the Chicago stockyards are revealed through this narrative of a young immigrant's struggles in America."
  • "A prospector, threatened with death by a native conjuror for violating African land, feels himself stalked in the deserted streets of Manhattan by a giant jungle beast."@en
  • "Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt - unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin to take a toll on Rudkus and his family."@en
  • "Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt - unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin to take a toll on Rudkus and his family."
  • "Presents the novel that exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat-packing industry, and affected radical social changes."
  • "Presents the novel that exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat-packing industry, and affected radical social changes."@en
  • "This novel aroused the indignation of the American public and forced a Government investigation that lead to the Pure Food Laws. Vividly depicts factory life in the meat-packing industry as seen through the eyes of a young immigrant."@en
  • "This dramatic and deeply moving story documents the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the century and brings into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share in the American Dream."@en
  • "This dramatic and deeply moving story documents the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the century and brings into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share in the American Dream."
  • "[This book] explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. [It is] a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation [as it] re-creates this startling chapter of our history in unflinching detail. -Back cover."@en
  • "A documentary novel portraying industry's conditions at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair's novel prompted public outrage which led President Theodore Roosevelt to demand an official investigation. This eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws."@en
  • "The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Slav immigrant, who marries frail Ona Lukoszaite and seeks security and happiness as a workman in the Chicago stockyards. Once there, he is abused by foremen, his meager savings filched by real estate sharks, and at every turn, he is plagued by the misfortunes arising from poverty, poor working conditions, and disease. Finally, in accordance with Sinclair's own creed, Rudkus turns to socialism as his way out."@en
  • "The dramatic expose of the Chicago meat-packing industry at the turn of the century that prompted the investigation by Theodore Roosevelt that culminated in the pure-food legislation of 1906."@en
  • "Jurgis Rudkus, an immigrant from Lithuania, arrives in Chicago with his father, his fiancee, and her family. He is determined to make a life for his bride in the new country. The deplorable conditions in the stockyards and the harrowing experiences of impoverished workers are vividly described by the author."@en
  • ""A vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry"--Publisher description."@en
  • "Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt, unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin to take a toll on Rudkus and his family."@en
  • "The horrifying conditions in the meatpacking industry in the early 1900's are revealed through the experiences of immigrants as they try to make a living working in the Chicago stockyards."
  • "A word-for-word production of the Pacemaker Classics edition."@en
  • "In this powerful book, we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where New World visions perish in a jungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the "muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage slavery," and the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle, a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation, re-creates this startling chapter of our history in unflinching detail. Always a vigorous champion of political reform, Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one of the most important-and moving-works in the literature of social change."@en
  • "A Lithuanian immigrant comes to America in search of fortune only to sacrifice his health and family to the wheels of industry."
  • ""Jurgis Rudkis, a Lithuanian immigrant, comes to America in search of a fortune for his family. He accepts the harsh realities of a working man's lot, laboring with naive vigor until, his health and family sacrificed, he understands how the heavy wheels of the industrial machine can crush even the strongest spirit." -- Container."@en
  • ""Few books have so affected radical social changes as 'The Jungle, ' first published serially in 1906. Exposing unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago, Sinclair's novel gripped Americans by the stomach, contributing to the passage of the first Food and Drug Act. If you've never read this classic novel, don't be put off by its gruesome reputation. Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who could turn even an exposé into a tender and moving novel. Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, comes to Amerida in search of a fortune for his family. He accepts the harsh realities of a working man's lot, laboring with naive vigor -- until his health and family sacrficed, he understands how the heavy wheels of the industrial machine can crush the strongest spirit.""@en

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