[Illustration: UPTON SINCLAIR _Photo by Odiorne_] UPTON SINCLAIR _A Study in Social Protest_ By FLOYD DELL GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY ON MURRAY HILL : NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY UPTON SINCLAIR PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO JOSEPH FREEMAN CONTENTS I PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS 11 II SOUTHERN BEGINNINGS 16 III ADOLESCENT DISCOVERIES 31 IV THE YOUNG HACK 41 V THE ARTIST IN REVOLT 49 VI THYRSIS 59 VII THYRSIS AND CORYDON 72 VIII THE JOURNAL OF ARTHUR STIRLING 86 IX MANASSAS 97 X THE JUNGLE 104 XI LOVE’S PILGRIMAGE 121 XII KING COAL 137 XIII JIMMIE HIGGINS 143 XIV THE BOOK OF LIFE 151 XV THE GREAT PAMPHLETS 159 XVI OIL! 178 BIBLIOGRAPHY 189 INDEX 193 UPTON SINCLAIR A Study in Social Protest I. PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS I. Americans generally are truly surprised and puzzled by Upton Sinclair’s fame abroad--by the fact that he seems to be regarded throughout the world as his country’s most distinguished literary figure.... So great is the discrepancy between his position in the world at large and his position in his own country, that a book about him may as well begin by offering some explanation, to bewildered American readers, of his world fame. The gist of the matter seems to lie in this: