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Novelist and muckraker Sinclair, best known for his exposT The Jungle; however, he deserves equal accolades for his entertaining critiques of Southern California's oil industry, movie studios, and urban sprawl--most of which still apply today. This book spans fifty years of his funny and fiery writings, showing how his personal life inspired his political activism. When neighbors in Long Beach struck oil, he wrote about the oil industry. His father's addiction inspired an analysis of alcohol distributors. In 1934, he responded to the Great Depression by running for governor under the EPIC slogan: "End Poverty in California." The hard-fought campaign has parallels to our current political world of attack ads and allegations of voter fraud. Here also was apolitical figure who understood popular culture, using movies and the power of Hollywood to give voice to his ideas.--From publisher description.
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Lauren Coodley was born in Los Angeles, where her grandparents settled shortly after Upton Sinclair's arrival. She now lives in Napa with her two children, Nils and Caitlin. She teaches at Napa Community College, specializing in California labor and women's history as well as children's literature. She is the elected president of the faculty and a recipient of the McPherson Distinguished Teaching Award for 2003. She is the author of Napa: The Transformation of an American Town (Arcadia Publishing, 2004).
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- PublisherHeyday Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1890771953
- ISBN 13 9781890771959
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages215
- EditorCoodley Lauren
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