![]() ![]() In 1919, he published The Brass Check, a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the “free press” in the United States. The Jungle has remained continuously in print since its initial publication. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. These direct experiences exposed the horrific conditions in the U.S. To gather information for the novel, Sinclair spent seven weeks undercover working in the meat packing plants of Chicago. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906). was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. ![]()
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