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The Jungle. By Upton Sinclair.

It’s Chicago, almost to the start of the 20th century, and you’re a brand new Lithuanian immigrant trying to support a new wife, child, and relatives by working in the stockyards, but the system is structured to wear you down, trap you in poverty, and when things are worst, replace you with new immigrants.

4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈

CW: anti-semitism

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