Dec 23, 2009
Article abstract: Sinclair was a prolific writer, a champion of social justice, a socialist reformer, and a 1934 Democratic candidate for governor of California. His greatest impact came from his muckraking novel The Jungle (1906), which stirred America’s conscience, strengthened the Progressive reform movement, and brought about national consumer legislation.
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr., born in Baltimore and reared there until age eight, was an only child. His father’s family, Virginia aristocrats and naval officers who sided with the...
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