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'''Upton Sinclair''' (September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968) was an American [[Socialist]] writer and politician, best known for ''The Jungle'' (1908), a "muckraking" book about the meat packing industry. While it is the book he is remembered for today, he wrote several others that were best-sellers of their time. In total he wrote over 90 books, most quite obscure today.

'''Upton Sinclair''' (September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968) was an American [[Socialist]] writer and politician, best known for ''The Jungle'' (1908), a "muckraking" book about the meat packing industry. While it is the book he is remembered for today, he wrote several others that were best-sellers of their time. In total he wrote over 90 books, most quite obscure today.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on  September 20, 1878, to Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair.  He was named after his father.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_uptonsinclair.html Upton Sinclair], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on  September 20, 1878, to Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair.  He was named after his father.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_uptonsinclair.html Upton Sinclair], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

Upton Sinclair was a co-founder, along with fellow Socialist Party members [[Jack London]] and [[Norman Thomas]], of the [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]] in 1905.  In 1921, the ISS changed its name to [[League for Industrial Democracy]]. In 1948 the LID formed a student wing called the [[League for Industrial Democracy#Student League for Industrial Democracy|Student League for Industrial Democracy]] which would in 1960 change its name to [[Students for a Democratic Society]], thus becoming the genesis of the [[New Left]] campus unrest of the 1960s.

Upton Sinclair was a co-founder, along with fellow Socialist Party members [[Jack London]] and [[Norman Thomas]], of the [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]] in 1905.  In 1921, the ISS changed its name to [[League for Industrial Democracy]]. In 1948 the LID formed a student wing called the [[League for Industrial Democracy#Student League for Industrial Democracy|Student League for Industrial Democracy]] which would in 1960 change its name to [[Students for a Democratic Society]], thus becoming the genesis of the [[New Left]] campus unrest of the 1960s.

==Personal Life==

==Personal life==

In 1909-1911, Sinclair and his wife Meta lived in the [[Single Tax Colony]] of Fairhope, Alabama from 1909 to 1910 and Arden, Delaware, to 1910-1911.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pYiXTzx-fWEC&pg=PA54 Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iaJZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97 The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism]</ref>

In 1909-1911, Sinclair and his wife Meta lived in the [[Single Tax Colony]] of Fairhope, Alabama from 1909 to 1910 and Arden, Delaware, to 1910-1911.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pYiXTzx-fWEC&pg=PA54 Upton Sinclair: California Socialist, Celebrity Intellectual]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iaJZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97 The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism]</ref>