The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
604 pages~10 hrs
“The American Dream is a slaughterhouse.”
Step into the industrial meat-grinder of turn-of-the-century Chicago, where the pursuit of the American Dream collides with a brutal, unforgiving reality. This searing expose follows a courageous immigrant family as they fight for dignity and survival in a world that treats human lives as expendable as livestock.
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