The Jungle
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Jurgis Rudkus and his family come from Lithuania to Chicago full of hope and go to work in the stockyards and meatpacking plants. Sinclair's exposé of the industry shocked readers and helped bring about America's first food-safety laws.
- Genres
- Literary Fiction, Social Issues
- Set in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Audience
- Adult
- Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 350
