Changes

'''Upton Sinclair''' was an American writer, whose best known book nowadays is ''The Jungle'' (1908).  ''The Jungle'' was 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, such as the Lanny Budd series (1940-1953) beginning with ''World's End'', that were set during the [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] eras and incorporated then-current events into the novels.  In total he wrote over 90 books.  Most of those books are today quite obscure.

'''Upton Sinclair''' was an American writer, whose best known book nowadays is ''The Jungle'' (1908).  ''The Jungle'' was 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, such as the Lanny Budd series (1940-1953) beginning with ''World's End'', that were set during the [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] eras and incorporated then-current events into the novels.  In total he wrote over 90 books.  Most of those books are today quite obscure.

Upton Sinclair's political views were [[leftist]] and [[socialist]].  He ran for public office several times, running for the U.S. Congress on the [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist Party]] ticket in 1906 and 1920, the [[United States Senate]] on the Socialist Party ticket in 1922, and for governor of [[California]] on the [[Democratic Party]] ticket in 1934.  The last of those runs was the only one in which he ever came close to winning public office.  His 1934 run as a Democrat frightened a lot of people, who saw his EPIC (End Poverty In California) plan as an elaborate back-door scheme to bring [[communism]] to California, and he lost the election.  Remarking on his electoral attempts in 1951, he said, "The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it...", adding that he had only won 60,000 votes running as a Socialist on an open platform of socialism, but 879,000 votes running as a Democrat on an "End Poverty In California" platform.

Upton Sinclair's political views were [[leftist]] and [[socialist]].  He ran for public office several times, running for the U.S. Congress on the [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist Party]] ticket in 1906 and 1920, the [[United States Senate]] on the Socialist Party ticket in 1922, and for governor of [[California]] on the [[Democratic Party]] ticket in 1934.  The last of those runs was the only one in which he ever came close to winning public office.  His 1934 run as a Democrat frightened a lot of people, who saw his EPIC (End Poverty In California) plan as an elaborate back-door scheme to bring [[communism]] to California, and he lost the election.  Remarking on his electoral attempts in 1951, he said, "The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it...", adding that he had only won 60,000 votes running as a Socialist on an open platform of socialism, but 879,000 votes running as a Democrat on an "End Poverty In California" platform.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Upton}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Upton}}

[[Category:Authors]]

[[Category:Authors]]