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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... told him that the packers did not even keep the men who had grown old in their own service to say nothing of taking on new ones . And not only was it the rule here , it was the rule everywhere in America , so far as he knew . To satisfy ...
... told him that the packers did not even keep the men who had grown old in their own service to say nothing of taking on new ones . And not only was it the rule here , it was the rule everywhere in America , so far as he knew . To satisfy ...
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... told himself . Others might have failed at it , but he was not the failing kind -- he would show them how to do it . He would work all day , and all night , too , if need be ; he would never rest until the house was paid for and his ...
... told himself . Others might have failed at it , but he was not the failing kind -- he would show them how to do it . He would work all day , and all night , too , if need be ; he would never rest until the house was paid for and his ...
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... told that he might go back to work . It needed more than the permission of the doctor , however , for when he showed up on the killing floor of Brown's , he was told by the foreman that it had not been possible to keep his job for him ...
... told that he might go back to work . It needed more than the permission of the doctor , however , for when he showed up on the killing floor of Brown's , he was told by the foreman that it had not been possible to keep his job for him ...
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Chapter 1 | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 25 |
Chapter 3 | 35 |
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