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Muckraker Upton Sinclair is featured in this brief biography drawing particular attention to his novel, "The Jungle," written to alert people to the inhumane treatment of immigrant workers. See "Upton Sinclair Activities" for related resources.
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migrant workers literature, muckraker, socialist writers, american passages, american migrant workers, american socialist authors, american socialist writing, annenberg foundation, annenberg learner, annenberg media, boston, 1928, chicago meatpacking industry, chicago stockyard, dragon's teeth, 1942, king coal, 1917, oil!, 1927, sacco-vanzetti trial, two worlds, 1941, upton sinclair biography, world's end, 1940
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)