The Jungle, the most popular and influential of all Upton Sinclair's novels, recounts the shocking tale of immigrant Jurgis Rudkis and his family, who find themselves at the mercy of a brutal syste, of the stockyards in Chicago. The book's exposure of the dangerous, unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry created a furor that led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Peter Kuper's powerful imagery captures the mood and atmosphere of Sinclair's dramatic story through a bold interplay of art and text.