The Jungle

Upton Sinclair; Bill Savage (Introduction by)

Upton Sinclair's muckraking masterpiece centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago's infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politici...