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Upton Sinclair: The Lost First Edition of Upton Sinclair's the Jungle (1988, St Lukes Press) 4 stars

Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards …

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4 stars

Five stars for the first 28 chapters, and 1 star for the last 3. The last 3 chapters are such a stark contrast to the rest of the book that if I didn't know better, I would have guessed they were written by a different author. It would be like if Angela's Ashes ended with 3 chapters on why you shouldn't vaccinate your children. It's so illogical and out of place, that it risks ruining the entire book.