Description: Measures 4-7/8" X 7-1/2", 413+ pp, written by Upton Sinclair, cover art by GREY THORNBERRY, stated "This edition was specially created in 2000 for Quality Paperback Book Club," trade paperback published by Quality Paperback Book Club (NY). With all the current political demands for fewer and fewer government regulations upon American corporations and businesses, it is possible that we may have lost sight on why those regulations were originally put in place. Upton Sinclair's THE JUNGLE is a truly horrifying exposure of the American meat industry of the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the meatpacking industry was entirely self-regulated, and diseased meat was regularly sold to the unknowing public -- when dead rats and mice were regularly thrown into the meat grinders -- when the safety of the over-worked employees was of less importance than the profits of the owners. (Full disclosure: I worked in a meat-packing plant from 1970 through 1973; and, while many regulations were religiously enforced, many as well were not -- you just needed to know whom to bribe, to look the other way.) Shipping charges include postage (including USPS Tracking on domestic shipments), packaging materials, labor & fuel (the nearest post office is 14 MILES away!); but I do combine shipping charges on multiple items -- so fill up that cart NOW an' save some $$$!
Price: 54.98 USD
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 2000
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Classics
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Illustrator: Grey Thornberry cover art
Author: Upton Sinclair
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: Grey Thornberry Cover Art, 1st Edition, Book Club Edition
