A review by mary412
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

4.0

A history professor assign this book at the University of Wisconsin during the summer of 196? It was hot in Madison and I had no air conditioning. I don't remember the particulars of the book, but I can still recall the feelings it evoked. Of course I already knew about the stock yards. I grew up in a small town [Morris] south of Chicago and our family made regular trips into the city. If the wind was blowing from the direction of the yards, you could feel the smell. A book that one remembers, after one reading, for almost 50 years has to get four stars.