The JungleNew American Library, 1980 - 350 pages 1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt readers long after they've finished the last page. |
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... Durham's , and asked what he would pay to get a job . He had not known what to make of this at first ; but the man had gone on with matter- of - fact frankness to say that he could get him a job , pro- vided that he were willing to pay ...
... Durham's , and asked what he would pay to get a job . He had not known what to make of this at first ; but the man had gone on with matter- of - fact frankness to say that he could get him a job , pro- vided that he were willing to pay ...
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... Durham advertised in the paper for two hundred men to cut ice ; and all that day the homeless and starving of the ... Durham's bosses picked out twenty of the biggest ; the " two hundred " proved to have been a printer's error . Four ...
... Durham advertised in the paper for two hundred men to cut ice ; and all that day the homeless and starving of the ... Durham's bosses picked out twenty of the biggest ; the " two hundred " proved to have been a printer's error . Four ...
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... Durham's ; and so Jurgis learned a few things about the great and only Durham canned goods , which had become a national institution . They were regular alchemists at Durham's ; they advertised a mushroom - catsup , and the men who made ...
... Durham's ; and so Jurgis learned a few things about the great and only Durham canned goods , which had become a national institution . They were regular alchemists at Durham's ; they advertised a mushroom - catsup , and the men who made ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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