Upton Sinclair
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Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968) was a writer of many works from the United States. His most famous book, The Jungle from 1906, was about the American meat-packing industry.
Upton Sinclair had political opinions and was a socialist. Most of Sinclair's books, including The Jungle, dealt with social injustice.
He wrote many other books. His book The Flivver King was about the Ford Motor Company. The Flivver King was written at the time when workers at Ford factories were trying to start a labor union. He wrote a series (many books in a row) with Lanny Budd as the main character. There were eleven (11) Lanny Budd books. The Lanny Budd books were about current events in the United States at the time.
He later joined the Democratic Party and ran for governor of the state of California in 1934. He wanted California to start new businesses which would be run by the state government. This was to help people who were unemployed (did not have jobs) because of the Great Depression. He lost the election.
He retired in the town of Buckeye, Arizona.
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