A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal
protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited
existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early
twentieth century.
Long acclaimed around the world, Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel
The Jungle remains a powerful book even today. Not many works of
literature can boast that their publication brought about actual social
and labor change, but that's just what The Jungle did, as it led to
the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. In today's society,
where labor and safety of the food we eat remain key concerns for all,
Sinclair's shocking story still resonates. Bringing new life and energy
to this classic work, adapter and illustrator Kristina Gehrmann takes
Sinclair's prose and transforms it through pen and ink, allowing you to
discover (or rediscover) this book and see it from a whole new
perspective.