quot;, which tells of the struggle between the California wheat farmers and the railroad companies. 13. "The Jungle", a novel by Upton Sinclair (1878—1968), was published in 1906. Its detailed first-hand description of conditions in the Chicago stockyards sparked off a campaign that led to the passage of a Pure Foodand Drug Act and a Meat Inspection Act by the US Congress. The novel gave a most compelling picture of the humans engaged in the industry where only the squeals of the animals escaped being converted into profits. 14. Sandburg, Carl (1878—1967). Born in Illinois, Carl Sa