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"One last job. Former Pinkerton agent Talbot Roper has a begrudging respect for his old boss. When Allen Pinkerton dies, and his sons send for Roper to attend the funeral, he has no choice but to oblige them. But Pinkerton's sons, who now run the agency, want Roper to do more than pay his respects. They have a dangerous assignment that no man on their payroll can handle. Now Roper is headed to Fort Worth, Texas, where someone is sabotaging the Union...
2) The jungle
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A documentary novel portraying industry's conditions at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair's novel prompted public outrage which led President Theodore Roosevelt to demand an official investigation. This eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws.
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On the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard, people got a firsthand look at Chicago's industrial prowess as they witnessed cattle, hogs, and sheep disassembled with breathtaking efficiency. At their height, the kill floors employed 50,000 workers and processed six hundred animals an hour, an astonishing spectacle of industrialized death. Pacyga chronicles the rise and fall of an industrial district that, for better or worse, served as the public...
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"The Jungle's influence has been extraordinary for a literary work. Upton Sinclair's 1906 landmark novel is widely credited with awakening the public fury that led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), a watershed in consumer protection and government legislation. This story of the immigrant experience in the harrowing Chicago stockyards has drawn comment from historians, policymakers, and literary critics, and it is a widely assigned...
8) Stockyards
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Describes the activities that take place at a large stockyard including the jobs done by yardmen, brokers, packer buyers, dealer buyers, auctioneers, and others. Also describes how the animals are transported from ranches to stockyards and a typical auction.
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"Welcome to the dark underbelly of Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early 20th century. Upton Sinclair's groundbreaking novel, 'The Jungle,' is a gripping tale of the harsh realities faced by immigrant workers in the pursuit of the American Dream. Enter the lives of Jurgis Rudkus and his Lithuanian family as they navigate the treacherous world of Chicago's stockyards. Their hopes for a better life are quickly shattered by the ruthless exploitation...
15) The jungle
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"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"--