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100 1 $aArthur, Anthony.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81027106
245 10 $aRadical innocent :$bUpton Sinclair /$cAnthony Arthur.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axiv, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-353) and index.
520 1 $a"Few American writers have revealed their private as well as their public selves so fully as Upton Sinclair, and virtually none over such a long lifetime (1878-1968). Sinclair's writing, even at its most poignant or electrifying, blurred the line between politics and art - and, indeed, his life followed a similar arc. In Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair, Anthony Arthur weaves the strands of Sinclair's contentious public career and his often-troubled private life into a compelling personal narrative." "An unassuming teetotaler with a fiery streak, called a propagandist by some, the most conservative of revolutionaries by others, Sinclair was such a driving force of history that one could easily mistake his life story for historical fiction." "Starting with The Jungle in 1906, Sinclair's fiction and nonfiction helped to inform and mold American opinions about socialism, labor and industry, religion and philosophy, the excesses of the media, American political isolation and pacifism, civil liberties, and mental and physical health." "In his later years, Sinclair twice reinvented himself, first as the Democratic candidate for governor of California in 1934, and later, in his sixties and seventies, as a historical novelist. In 1943 he won a Pulitzer Prize for Dragon's Teeth, one of eleven novels featuring super-spy Lanny Budd." "Sinclair's passion and optimistic zeal inspired America, but privately he could be a frustrated, petty man who connected better with his readers than with members of his own family. His life with his first wife, Meta, his son David, and various friends and professional acquaintances was a web of conflict and strain. Personally as well as professionally ambitious, Sinclair engaged in financial speculation, although his wealth-generating schemes often benefited his pet causes - and he lobbied as tirelessly for professional recognition and awards as he did for government reform. As the tenor of his work would suggest, Sinclair was supremely human."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aSinclair, Upton,$d1878-1968.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79127862
650 0 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108453
650 0 $aSocial reformers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010113280
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005044931-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005044931-d.html
852 00 $bglx$hPS3537.I85$iZ56 2006