Upton Sinclair
... UPTON SINCLAIR! ... “My cause is the Cause of a man who has never yet been defeated, and whose whole being is one all devouring, God-given holy purpose”, declared Upton Beall Sinclair. ... Until Sinclair was in his later life, he was an unknown failure to many, but then for forty years after that, he was America’s most important writer. Sinclair was born in Baltimore on the 20th of September in 1878. ... Once Sinclair left, he started his first real novel entitled Springtime and Harvest. ... “In order to succeed, one must fail at least once” was often a quote used by Sinclair. ... 1906 was Sinclair’s lucky year. ... Sinclair is most famous for the novel he wrote this year entitled The Jungle. As for the rejection, six publishers turned him down on the book at first, so Sinclair decided to publish the book himself. ... ” To prove this publisher wrong, Sinclair advertised for his book, and received orders for 972 copies of The Jungle.