The Jungle
(2018)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[S.l.]: Dreamscape Media, 2018
DESCRIPTION
502 p
ISBN/ISSN
9781974998821 s1msz89
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Jurgis Rudkus, an impoverished Lithuanian immigrant, takes a lowly job at Brown's slaughterhouse to support his young wife and their relatives. Once admiring America for its potential, Rudkus has found opportunities to be too far out of his reach. After being evicted, Rudkus is living in a slum and deeply in debt - unable to support his family. As he attempts to make ends meet, the oppressive working conditions and crippling poverty begin to take a toll on Rudkus and his family
Children/juvenile
Format: eBook
Mode of access: World Wide Web