Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)
Auteur van De jungle
Over de Auteur
Upton Sinclair, a lifelong vigorous socialist, first became well known with a powerful muckraking novel, The Jungle, in 1906. Refused by five publishers and finally published by Sinclair himself, it became an immediate bestseller, and inspired a government investigation of the Chicago stockyards, toon meer which led to much reform. In 1967 he was invited by President Lyndon Johnson to "witness the signing of the Wholesome Meat Act, which will gradually plug loopholes left by the first Federal meat inspection law" (N.Y. Times), a law Sinclair had helped to bring about. Newspapers, colleges, schools, churches, and industries have all been the subject of a Sinclair attack, analyzing and exposing their evils. Sinclair was not really a novelist, but a fearless and indefatigable journalist-crusader. All his early books are propaganda for his social reforms. When regular publishers boycotted his work, he published himself, usually at a financial loss. His 80 or so books have been translated into 47 languages, and his sales abroad, especially in the former Soviet Union, have been enormous. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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The Lanny Budd Novels Volume Two: Wide Is the Gate, Presidential Agent, and Dragon Harvest (2018) 5 exemplaren
UPTON SINCLAIR: 29 Books in One Volume: The Greatest Novels, Social Studies & Health Guides from the Renowned Author,… (2017) 5 exemplaren
Hell: A Verse Drama and Photo-Play 4 exemplaren
Der Sumpf. Roman 4 exemplaren
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The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America 3 exemplaren
La Ficha de Bronce. La prostitución del periodismo 3 exemplaren
World’s End: The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 1 2 exemplaren
Three Plays 2 exemplaren
Gesammelte Romane Dritter Band 2 exemplaren
The Book of Life, Vol. 4 2 exemplaren
The Jungle [with Biographical Introduction] 2 exemplaren
I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty 2 exemplaren
Upton Sinclair on the Soviet Union 2 exemplaren
Upton Sinclair's wereldberoemde werken; vierde band. Uitstapje naar Rome. Kunst als handelswaar. Sylvia's huwelijk.… 2 exemplaren
The Lanny Budd Novels (11 Book Series) 2 exemplaren
World's End, Book One - Book Six 2 exemplaren
Springtime and harvest; a romance 2 exemplaren
The West Point Rivals 1 exemplaar
Welt-Ende Roman 1 exemplaar
FORD 1 exemplaar
THE CRUISE OF THE TRAINING SHIP 1 exemplaar
UN PATRIOTA 100 POR 100 1 exemplaar
Briefe an einen Arbeiter 1 exemplaar
LA BUENA SED 1 exemplaar
Дельцы; Автомобильный король [Пер. с англ.] 1 exemplaar
De voordeelen van den godsdienst 1 exemplaar
Complete Collection of Upton Sinclair (Annotated): Works Include of Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American writer who… (2021) 1 exemplaar
Candid reminiscences, my first thirty years, 1 exemplaar
Gesammelte Romane Zweiter Band 1 exemplaar
Die elfte Stunde Roman 1 exemplaar
Im Auftrag des Präsidenten Roman 1 exemplaar
Agent des Präsidenten Roman 1 exemplaar
Schicksal im Osten Roman 1 exemplaar
Weit ist das Tor Roman 1 exemplaar
Teufelsernte Roman 1 exemplaar
Lanny Budd kehrt zurück Roman 1 exemplaar
Die Hölle Drama in 4 Aufzügen mit Kino-Einlagen 1 exemplaar
Summer in the City 1 exemplaar
Radio mentale 1 exemplaar
The Associated Press and Labor: Being Seven Chapters From The Brass Check; a Study of American Journalism 1 exemplaar
Kömür Krali 1 exemplaar
OIL: Upton Sinclair’s Uncensored 1927 Original Edition, An American Fiction Classic (Annotated) 1 exemplaar
Peregrinación de amor 1 exemplaar
Zwischen zwei Welten Roman 1 exemplaar
William Fox Roman 1 exemplaar
Wally for queen! The private life of royalty 1 exemplaar
The book of love 1 exemplaar
The lie factory starts 1 exemplaar
A gauntlet of fire 1 exemplaar
A soldier monk 1 exemplaar
Saved by the enemy 1 exemplaar
Telling the world 1 exemplaar
koning kool - de breuk - de handen ineen 1 exemplaar
Am Fliessband: Mr. Ford und sein Knecht Shut (Upton Sinclair Werke in Einzelausgaben) (1990) 1 exemplaar
Immediate EPIC : the final statement of the plan 1 exemplaar
Sinclair Upton (Upton Beall Sinclair) 1 exemplaar
Einde van een wereld & Tussen twee werelden 1 exemplaar
Met geheime zending (b) & Naar de overwinning 1 exemplaar
Om een nieuwe wereld & Met geheime zending (a) 1 exemplaar
Drakentanden & Wijd is de poort 1 exemplaar
King Coal, Vol. 1 1 exemplaar
Expect no peace! 1 exemplaar
Your million dollars 1 exemplaar
Peregrinación de amor 1 exemplaar
Mi se spune dulgheru 1 exemplaar
Weltende 1 exemplaar
Markets and misery 1 exemplaar
Az özönvíz után 1 exemplaar
Manó-mobil meseregény 1 exemplaar
Presidential Agent II (World's End) 1 exemplaar
Pamela 1 exemplaar
Gesammelte Romane. Vierter Band 1 exemplaar
Gesammelte Romane. Fünfter Band 1 exemplaar
Kenilworth 1 exemplaar
King Coal, Vol. 2 1 exemplaar
The Mark Mallory Trilogy: A Cadet's Honor, On Guard & The West Point Rivals: The Life and Adventures of a Military… (2017) 1 exemplaar
Limbo on the loose : a midsummer night's dream 1 exemplaar
THE BOOK OF LIFE & THE FASTING CURE: Two Complete Mind, Body and Soul-Lifting Books (2017) 1 exemplaar
Index to the Lanny Budd story 1 exemplaar
The enemy had it too; a play in three acts 1 exemplaar
Debs and the Poets 1 exemplaar
Love's Pilgrimage, Vol. 1 1 exemplaar
Love's Pilgrimage, Vol. 2 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Sinclair, Upton
- Officiële naam
- Sinclair, Upton Beall, Jr.
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Ensign Clarke Fitch
- Geboortedatum
- 1878-09-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1968-11-25
- Graflocatie
- Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
Buckeye, Arizona, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Monrovia, California, USA - Opleiding
- New York City College (BA|1987)
Columbia University - Beroepen
- auteur
- Relaties
- Sinclair, Arthur (uncle)
- Organisaties
- Socialist Party of America
Helicon Home Colony (Founder)
American Civil Liberties Union (Board Member)
Intercollegiate Socialist Society (Founder)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1944) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2015)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1943) - Agent
- Bertha Klausner
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1001 Group Read - November, 2012: The Jungle in 1001 Books to read before you die (november 2012)
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- Populariteit
- #1,117
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 251
- ISBNs
- 1,191
- Talen
- 19
- Favoriet
- 23
This is not a narrative with that many shocking moments. It just shows an unrelenting rise of a person from a poor laborer to a rich person. Sinclair shows the frenzy around social standings of the rich even though the rich make their money through other means than what is published. Legal and finical manipulation are the norm of this book. The different backgrounds people come from show themselves in how they view everything, how they behave, and their expectations. The books theme is a question, can moral righteousness be aligned with money and power? This is a question Jed has to struggle with in order to achieve his aims in becoming and maintaining a rich standing.
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