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===About the Author=== | ===About the Author=== | ||
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was born in Baltimore, Maryland and started writing when he was a teen living in New York City. Sinclair graduated in 1897 from College of the City of New York. He was a socialist and a muckraker, which is why the majority of his writings contain messages of classism and the plight of laborers. In 1906, with the proceeds from ''The Jungle'', Sinclair established Helicon Home Colony, a socialist community in New Jersey. He went on to run for governor of California twice, win a Pulitzer Prize for ''Dragon’s Teeth'' (1942), and write more than 80 books. Sinclair died in 1968 while living in Arizona (Sinclair, Upton). | [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jupton.htm Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)] was born in Baltimore, Maryland and started writing when he was a teen living in New York City. Sinclair graduated in 1897 from College of the City of New York. He was a socialist and a muckraker, which is why the majority of his writings contain messages of classism and the plight of laborers. In 1906, with the proceeds from ''The Jungle'', Sinclair established Helicon Home Colony, a socialist community in New Jersey. He went on to run for governor of California twice, win a Pulitzer Prize for ''Dragon’s Teeth'' (1942), and write more than 80 books. Sinclair died in 1968 while living in Arizona (Sinclair, Upton). | ||
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About the Author
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was born in Baltimore, Maryland and started writing when he was a teen living in New York City. Sinclair graduated in 1897 from College of the City of New York. He was a socialist and a muckraker, which is why the majority of his writings contain messages of classism and the plight of laborers. In 1906, with the proceeds from The Jungle, Sinclair established Helicon Home Colony, a socialist community in New Jersey. He went on to run for governor of California twice, win a Pulitzer Prize for Dragon’s Teeth (1942), and write more than 80 books. Sinclair died in 1968 while living in Arizona (Sinclair, Upton).
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