Oil! - Upton Sinclair
The loose source for the film There Will Be Blood, Oil! pits oil tycoon father against socialist sympathetic son in the midst of the Teapot Dome Scandal and unionising trouble on the fields.
Upton Sinclair's letter to John Beardsley (29 August, 1929)
The letter below written by Upton Sinclair is one that was much quoted by conservative commentators, such as Jean O. Pasco, Jonah Goldberg and Jack Cashill, to prove Sacco's and Vanzetti's guilt. Read for yourselves whether they were truthful in their journalism.
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair's undercover journalism cum novel about the conditions of America's meat packing industry and the effect it had on those that worked it.
Chapter 1
It was four o'clock when the ceremony was over and the carriages began
to arrive. There had been a crowd following all the way, owing to the
exuberance of Marija Berczynskas. The occasion rested heavily upon
Marija's broad shoulders--it was her task to see that all things went in
due form, and after the best home traditions; and, flying wildly
Letter from Emma Goldman to Upton Sinclair 26 January 1932
A scanned letter between Emma Goldman and Upton Sinclair.
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