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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 20060514
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Byline: EMILY MCCORMACK

UPTON SINCLAIR AND THE OTHER AMERICAN CENTURY

KEVIN MATTSON

Wiley. 294 pp. $25.95.

KEVIN MATTSON'S "Upton Sinclair and the Other American Century" is a page-turner of a biography. Mattson, a history professor at Ohio University, also contributes to publications such as The Nation and The New York Times Book Review. His well-researched portrait of a lifelong crusader for social and economic justice is colorful and multifaceted, with just enough scandal to add spice.

Sinclair, born in 1878 to a prominent Baltimore family, was known for ...

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