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Upton Sinclair's Pulitzer Prize–winning series of historical novels brings the first half of the twentieth century dramatically to life. In World's End, the gathering storm clouds of World War I burst over Europe, forcing Lanning "Lanny" Budd, the young son of an American arms dealer, to put the innocence of youth behind him; his language skills and talent for decoding messages are in high demand. At his father's side, Lanny meets many important...
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In the early part of the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair earned a reputation as a prolific writer, committed socialist, and political activist. He gained enormous popularity when his eloquent 1906 novel The Jungle exposed conditions in the U.S. meat-packing industry, and years later, he earned a Pulitzer Prize for his series tale, Dragon's Teeth. In The Money Changers, Sinclair explores the Wall Street panic of 1907 in novel form, exposing greed...
3) Mental Radio
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Upton Sinclair is primarily known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Jungle”, “Oil”, and “Dragon's Teeth”, and as a fiery advocate of social justice and reform. Few know, however, of Sinclair's deep interest in, and connection to, psychic research.
Sinclair's own wife, Mary Craig Kimbrough, claimed to have "mind reading" or telepathic abilities, and asked Sinclair to help her better understand these abilities. He devised a fascinating...