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Land of Orange Groves and Jails.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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From: The Bookwatch
Date: 20050501
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Land Of Orange Groves And Jails

Lauren Coodley, Editor

Heyday Books

PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709

1890771953 $16.95 heydaybooks.com

Novelist/political commentator Upton Sinclair may best be known for his flaming critiques of the Chicago meatpacking industry in "The Jungle"; but he's equally notorious in California for his harsh critiques of Southern California's culture and excesses. Land Of Orange Groves And Jails: Upton Sinclair's California assembles fifty years of these writings: plays, articles and essays demonstrate his political activism and his ...

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