Here is the dramatic exposé of the Chicago meat-packing industry at the turn of the century that prompted the investigation by Theodore Roosevelt that culminated in the pure-food legislation of 1906.
The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Slav immigrant, who marries frail Ona Lukoszaite and seeks security and happiness as a workman in the Chicago stockyards. Once there, he is abused by foremen, his meager savings filched by real estate sharks, and at every turn, he is plagued by the misfortunes arising from poverty, poor working conditions, and disease. Finally, in accordance with Sinclair’s own creed, Rudkus turns to socialism as his way out.
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Summary
The Jungle
Narrarated by: Robert Morris
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Tis a good listen, indeed.
I highly recommend this book. I was all ears on this one. The book is heavy and hard-hitting. It starts easy on you though, but gets heavier as it progresses. It's basicly about a lithuanian family that emigrates to the States to find the amerikan dream, but find nothing but grinding wage-slavery and squalor. They get cheated, oppressed and exploited by a myriad of (legal) hucksters. So in the course of events the protagonist sheds his former illusions about the system and coverts to socialism. The author portrays this kind of senario very effectively in addition to giving a very good glance of what socialism is about.