" Amazing. I can't believe I never read this until now. The conditions Jurgis and his family were subjected to were horrible. I kept wondering why they stayed in Chicago, and didn't go someplace warmer. I guess that was part of their helplessness. There are so many injustices in this book, I can only imagine what it must have really felt like to be starving, freezing, and no end in sight. Thank you, Upton Sinclair, for opening the public eye to the mess that was Packingtown. Written over 100 years ago, while many things have changed, politics is still just as crooked as ever! "
— Heather, 1/31/2014