They Call Me Carpenter - Softcover

Sinclair, Upton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438510217 ISBN 13: 9781438510217

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

Upton Sinclair (1878 - 1968) wrote over 90 books in several genres. He was considered to be a leading social advocate. Because of his novel The Jungle, which dealt with conditions in the meat packing industry, The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed. Sinclair's views on Christianity are clearly shown in They Call Me Carpenter. Written in 1922 the setting is post World War 1. They Call Me Carpenter is the story of the second coming. Christ returns to California and is again rejected. An excerpt reads, "In the doorway of the room appeared the little boy who had been knocked down by the car.  He looked at Carpenter, and then came towards him.  When Carpenter saw him, a smile of welcome came upon his face; he stretched out an arm, and the little fellow nestled in it.  Other children appeared in the doorway, and soon he had a group about him, sitting on his knees and on the couch.  They were little gutter-urchins, but he, seemingly, was interested in knowing their names and their relationships, what they learned in school, and what games they played.  I think he had Bertie's foot-ball crowd in mind, for he said:  "Some day they will teach you games of love and friendship, instead of rivalry and strife."

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About the Author

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was an American author and one-time candidate for governor of California who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle (1906). It exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence." He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438510217
• ISBN 13: 9781438510217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192