THE BRASS CHECK A Study of American Journalism THE PROFITS OF RELIGION An Essay in Economic Interpretation THE BOOK OF LIFE (Timeless Wisdom Collection 9040)
Book Details
Author(s)UPTON SINCLAIR
PublisherBusiness and Leadership Publishing
ISBN / ASINB01AKFULK8
ISBN-13978B01AKFULK9
Sales Rank523,945
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (1878 – 1968) was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. Among his most praised works are the famous novel The Jungle, and his saga Sylvia, about a Southern Belle.
He was very active politically, and his works and exposes contributed to improve the conditions of workers in America at the beginning of last century.
This volume presents three powerful books:
THE BRASS CHECK
A Study of American Journalism
THE PROFITS OF RELIGION
An Essay in Economic Interpretation
THE BOOK OF LIFE
The Brass Check has been one of the deepest analysis of the power of the Press in America.
Who owns the press, and why?
When you read your daily paper, are you reading facts, or propaganda? And whose propaganda?
Who furnishes the raw material for your thoughts about life? Is it honest material?
No man can ask more important questions than those; and here for the first time the questions are answered in a book.
"There are few sweeping statements to which I like to sign my name, but one is that American popular newspapers and magazines are false and unreliable to the core: Upton Sinclair, in 'The Brass Check,' proves this statement for the first time. He backs it up with the unanswerable facts and documents. He illustrates it with living tales from a wide field of observation, and with a swift and candid narrative of his own experiences which can only leave the reader in a state of amazed indignation. I can wish nothing better than that every honest-minded American should stop reading his newspaper long enough to read this book and find out what his newspaper is.†MAX EASTMAN.
He was very active politically, and his works and exposes contributed to improve the conditions of workers in America at the beginning of last century.
This volume presents three powerful books:
THE BRASS CHECK
A Study of American Journalism
THE PROFITS OF RELIGION
An Essay in Economic Interpretation
THE BOOK OF LIFE
The Brass Check has been one of the deepest analysis of the power of the Press in America.
Who owns the press, and why?
When you read your daily paper, are you reading facts, or propaganda? And whose propaganda?
Who furnishes the raw material for your thoughts about life? Is it honest material?
No man can ask more important questions than those; and here for the first time the questions are answered in a book.
"There are few sweeping statements to which I like to sign my name, but one is that American popular newspapers and magazines are false and unreliable to the core: Upton Sinclair, in 'The Brass Check,' proves this statement for the first time. He backs it up with the unanswerable facts and documents. He illustrates it with living tales from a wide field of observation, and with a swift and candid narrative of his own experiences which can only leave the reader in a state of amazed indignation. I can wish nothing better than that every honest-minded American should stop reading his newspaper long enough to read this book and find out what his newspaper is.†MAX EASTMAN.
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