Upton Sinclair





Upton Sinclair

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born
September 20, 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States

died
November 25, 1968

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Prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views and supporting anarchist causes, he achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the 20th century.

He gained particular fame for his novel, The Jungle (1906), which dealt with conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry and caused a public uproar that partly contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906.


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The Jungle
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Oil!
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,677 ratings — published 1927 — 22 editions
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The Flivver King: A Story of F...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1937 — 7 editions
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The Millennium
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1924 — 3 editions
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The Moneychangers
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1919 — 36 editions
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Dragon's Teeth I
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1942
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World's End
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Boston: A Documentary Novel Of...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

“All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescabably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.”
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“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”
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