THE JUNGLE in Bloomington, MN

THE JUNGLE - by UPTON SINCLAIR - GUNSTON CLASSICS
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, examines the desperate lives and poor working conditions of meatpacking workers in Packingtown, Illinois, an area of southwest Chicago marked by its abundance of stockyards, slaughterhouses, factories, and cramped tenements, in the early 20th century.