Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968) wrote over 90 books in several genres. He was considered to be a leading social advocate. Because of his novel The Jungle, which dealt with conditions in the meat packing industry, The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed. In the Moneychangers , Lucy Dupree arrives from New Orleans and expects her old friend Allan Montague, a successful lawyer, to introduce her into elite circles. Against a background of the 1907 Wall Street panic, Lucy discovers that glittering New York society is ripe with intrigue, rivalry, and the unscrupulous hunger for power. 1908.

Media	Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane	2 lutego 2009
ISBN13	9781438509976
Wydawcy	Book Jungle
Strony	192
Wymiary	10 × 191 × 235 mm · 340 g
Język	English

Pokaż wszystko

Więcej od Upton Sinclair

Inni również kupili

Zobacz wszystko od Upton Sinclair ( np. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book , Book , CD i MP3-CD )