Upton Sinclair

Both of Upton Sinclair's Sylvia novels are featured in this volume, exploring gender inequality and societal corruption in early 1900s America. Socialist writer Upton Sinclair tells the story of Sylvia Castleman, a Southern US girl in the early twentieth century, across two volumes, Sylvia (1913) and Sylvia's Marriage (1914). Sylvia is a society woman who is determined to fight against the stereotypes for her gender. Her story is narrated in first...

The scion of a coal-mining empire sides against his family in the bloody fight to unionize Colorado's mines in this gripping sequel to King Coal The son of a prominent coal magnate, Hal Warner is horrified by the dangerous working conditions, long hours, and starvation wages endured by the men who toil in his family's mines. He tries to rouse other members of his privileged class to a similar state of indignation, but soon faces a much more severe...

One of five adventure stories written by Ensign Clarke Fitch, U.S.N (Upton Sinclair) in 1903. The other titles, featuring Clif Faraday, are “Bound for Annapolis”, “Clif”, “the Naval Cadet”, “From Port to Port”, and “A Strange Cruise”.

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. Contents: On Guard The Jungle The Metropolis King Coal The Machine Oil! Sylvia The...

Excerpt: "Judd is an old carpenter who has done odd jobs on our place for the past ten years. Just how old he is I don't know, but he's pretty old, his hands are gnarled and calloused and his finger nails chewed up and broken by hammer blows, there are knotted veins in his forehead and his hair is grey and thin. But he works like a beaver, and don't you ever hint that he should slow up-he will hoot at you, and say that he can lick any young feller...

In all of his writings, Upton Sinclair attempted to establish what is known about life and truth beyond cliche and self-deception. In this 1922 work of nonfiction, an early entry into the self-help genre, Sinclair advises his modern readers on the best ways to improve their bodies and minds so as to cultivate health, wisdom, and happiness.

The rivalry between two wealthy and unscrupulous power brokers for the attentions of the beautiful Lucy Dupree, a newcomer to New York society, causes them to engage in a series of high-stakes financial manipulations that lead to a major Wall Street collapse in 1907.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: Lanny Budd faces the unstoppable tide of Nazi terror in the third installment of Upton Sinclair's monumental saga of twentieth-century world history In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, Lanny Budd's financial acumen and his marriage into great wealth enable him to continue the lifestyle he has always enjoyed.  But the devastation the collapse has wrought on ordinary citizens has only strengthened Lanny's socialist...

"A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century"--