The Jungle

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.