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==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>
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With the success of ''The Jungle'', Sinclair used the proceeds from the book to found an utopian colony in Englewood, New Jersey.  He called it the ''Helicon Home Colony''.  It was founded in 1906, but in less than a year a massive fire burned it down under suspicious circumstances.  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>
    
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