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uptoN sINclaIr
1878 – 1968, american
The Jungle
Introduction by Eric Schlosser
Cover art by Charles Burns
Perhaps the most influential and
harrowing of Sinclair’s writings, this
savage novel of the Chicago stockyards
established its author as one of the major
modern American propaganda novelists.
432 pp. 978-0-14-303958-7 $15.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
The Jungle
Introduction by Ronald Gottesman
Denounced by the conservative press as
un-American libel on the meatpacking
industry and championed by more
progressive thinkers, Upton Sinclair’s The
Jungle was a major catalyst to the passing
of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection Act.
448 pp. 978-0-14-039031-5 $11.00
charles a. sIrINGo
1855 – 1928, american
A Texas Cowboy
Or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane
Deck of a Spanish Pony
Edited with an Introduction and Notes
by Richard Etulain
Siringo’s 1885 chronicle of his life as a
cowboy was one of the first great works
about the Old West.
256 pp. 978-0-14-043751-5 $14.00
218 penguin classics
s´Ivadāsa
b. unknown, indian
The Five-and-Twenty Tales
of the Genie
Translated with an Introduction by
Chandra Rajan
One of the most important works of
Indian narrative fiction, passed down
orally through the centuries and first
recorded in medieval times, The Five-and-
Twenty Tales of the Genie has at its center
the half-mythical, heroic, and sagacious
emperor Vikramāditya, widely regarded as
India’s greatest monarch.
336 pp. 978-0-14-045519-9 $14.00
Joshua slocuM
1844 – 1924, american
Sailing Alone around the World
Introduction and Notes by
Thomas Philbrick
Setting off alone from Boston aboard
the thirty-six foot wooden sloop Spray
in April 1895, Captain Slocum began
a three-year solo voyage of more than
46,000 miles that remains unmatched in
maritime history for courage, skill, and
determination. This autobiographical
account endures as one of the greatest
adventure narratives ever written.
320 pp. 978-0-14-043736-2 $13.00
b/w illustrations throughout
“slocum has become the archetype of the
american wanderer: creating himself on the
page, he drew a classic hero, as resilient, as
full of signification in his own rough-diamond
way, as Huckleberry Finn.” —jonathan raban