Byline: Upton Sinclair; 1905-04-08; Appeal to Reason; pages 2
Report: "The Jungle: A Story of Chicago" - Upton Sinclair - Appeal to Reason
Tags: meatpackers, meatpacking, Packingtown, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
"The details came gradually. In the first place as to the house they had bought, it was not new at all, as they had supposed; it was about fifteen years old, and there was nothing new upon it but the paint, which was so bad that it needed to be put on new every year or two. The house was one of a whole row that was built by a company which existed to make money by swindling poor people."
Description:Chapter Six in Upton Sinclair's original, unexpurgated version, a serial for Appeal to Reason, of "The Jungle."
Rights: public domain
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