The Jungle
Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: lithuanian americans, working class, stockyards, immigrants, chicago (ill.), meat industry and trade, meat industry, polish americans, meat industry and trade fiction, food and drug laws, meat packing industry, sinclair, upton, american literature, meatpacking industry, working conditions, pure food and drug act, political fiction, political fiction [X], audiobooks, audiobooks, compact discs, illinois, didactic fiction, politics, electronic books
Uncle Tom's Cabin Or, Life Among The Lowly
Uncle Tom, a slave in the American South, maintains his dignity despite the suffering and eventual death brought upon him by the cruel treatment of a Yankee overseer.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050
subjects: plantation life, african americans, slavery, slaves, historical fiction, southern states, fugitive slaves, united states, uncle tom (fictitious character), master and servant, didactic fiction, political fiction, didactic fiction, political fiction [X]