This 1919 novel focuses on the American labor movement during World War I, taking the eponymous lead character from America to Europe, and finally to revolutionary Russia. Sinclair makes strong political statements supporting the lower classes and their involvement in the war, as well as the labor movement during this time.
About the author
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) is best remembered for The Jungle (1906), his fictionalized exposé of the unsanitary and unfair working conditions that characterized the U.S. meatpacking industry. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1943. A lifelong progressive, he ran for the governor of California in 1934.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 290 ● ISBN 9781411459519 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8515163 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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