FNGD STARTER #1 - FRIDAY SEPT 19, 2008 "What's Upton, S

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FNGD STARTER #1 - FRIDAY SEPT 19, 2008 "What's Upton, S

#1 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:33 pm

Place in chronological order these Upton Sinclair novels:

1 - Dragon's Teeth
2 - Dragon Harvest
3 - The Jungle
4 - O Shepherd Speak!

Extra marks for depth of knowledge if anyone knows what the theme of novel #4 is......

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#2 Post by ontellen » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:36 pm

Yikes, never read any of his books. Total guess - 4123. I think the Jungle is about meat packing in Chicago but that's about all.

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#3 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:37 pm

Nada Cloo. Here's a total guess:

1243
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#4 Post by christie1111 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:43 pm

4132

No clue either
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#5 Post by mellytu74 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:46 pm

4123

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#6 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:51 pm

OK so you sow the teeth then you get the harvest. Gotta check the original metaphor...

Jungle is early, the nineteen oughties. A time as possessed by greed as the nineteen eighties.

The other 3 are from the Lanny Budd series of 11 novels which follow world events at a slight distance.

Sinclair's world includes both lots of politics, economic Socialism and Spiritualism.

And so.....

O Shepherd Speak, theme is the wish to get advice from the deceased FDR. I think they get it.

3124

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Re: FNGD STARTER #1 - FRIDAY SEPT 19, 2008 "What's Upto

#7 Post by ulysses5019 » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:32 pm

etaoin22 wrote:Place in chronological order these Upton Sinclair novels:

1 - Dragon's Teeth
2 - Dragon Harvest
3 - The Jungle
4 - O Shepherd Speak!

Extra marks for depth of knowledge if anyone knows what the theme of novel #4 is......
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it's about the lamb chop industry
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.

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