· Written and chiefly set during the final year of World War I (), Upton Beall Sinclair’s Jimmie Higgins: A Story () chronicles the improbable adventures of its titular working-class hero, who turns from a staunch opponent of US intervention into a pro-war Socialist and highly decorated war hero, only to be drawn into the ill-fated American military expedition to Archangel, Estimated Reading Time: 11 mins. Upton Sinclair warned of the Great Red Scare that occurred after World War I in his novel, Jimmie Higgins. The opposition to the war of many socialists prior to America's involvement in it germinated into the isolation movement of the late s/5(6). · Overview. Book Excerpt: the moment of this clasp was the nearest to heaven that Jimmie Higgins had ever www.doorway.ru he was able to find his voice, it was only to exclaim, "You wasn't due till five-forty-two!"As if the Candidate had not known that! He explained that he had missed his sleep the night before, and had come on ahead so as to snatch a bit during the www.doorway.ru
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Jimmie HigginsBy: Upton Sinclairfree eBook link is in the descriptionwww.doorway.ru#link2H_4_ #audiobook #b. "Jimmie Higgins" is the fellow who does the hard work in the job of waking up the workers. Jimmie hates war--all war--and fights against it with heart and soul. But war comes, and Jimmie is drawn into it, whether he will or no. He has many adventures--strikes, jails, munitions explosions, draft-boards, army-camps, submarines and battles. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (Septem – Novem) was an American writer, political activist and the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California who wrote nearly books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer.
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