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Jan 07, 2016ManMachine rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"I aimed at the public's heart, and, by accident, hit it in the stomach." - (Quote from author Upton Sinclair following the publication of his novel, The Jungle) Historically speaking - The Jungle is significant in the plain fact that its publication (in 1906) brought to the public's attention the hideously brutal and horrendously unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry as it existed in Chicago (and elsewhere) at the time this book was written. The Jungle caused such a public uproar that it forced the U.S. Congress (through the signature of President Theodore Roosevelt) to pass both the Pure Food & Drug Act, as well as the Meat Inspection Act. What you are about to read in The Jungle is, of course, a fictionalized account of a "real-life" horror-show like you could never imagine possible. To research material for his book, author Upton Sinclair actually spent seven weeks undercover investigating the Chicago meatpacking industry. And what his story inevitably brought to light will, most certainly, shock even the most jaded reader of today right out of their socks..... I kid you not. While reading The Jungle the reader will, no doubt, be constantly asking themselves - "For the sake of profit, did humans really do this to their fellow men?".... And, the answer to that is - "Yes. They, most certainly, did!"