There are some minor wrinkles at edges of the dustjacket but otherwise, overall, the book is in very good condition and the dj is in better than good condition. Some black and white photos and illustrations. Edited by Gene De Gruson, this edition contains the Socialist Party agenda, the original Fryer photos and illustrations, and ethnic detail commissioned by the 'Appeal to Reason' but excluded by Doubleday, Page. The title was retained onlybecause the work had earlier circulated under that name." - from the front flap. In fact, allustions to 'the jungle' were reduced to a single reference. HIs original manuscript waas heavily edited by his puboisher, eliminating on the grounds of commercial viability all ethnic detail and the socialist agenda that later ba\ecame the platform of the labor movement inthe 30s and 40s. Yet the popular Doubleday, Page edition, upon which the reputation of 'The Jungle' rests, is not the version of the work endorsed by Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclairs ' The Jungle ' follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis and his family through Chicago s meatpacking district known as 'Packingtown.' First published in a 1905. Its revelations about the conditons of filth and human degradation in the Chicago meat packing industry stand as a monument to the ability of fiction to transform society. "Few works of fiction have had the social impact of 'The Jungle'.
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