ANTIQUE 1931 The Wet Parade by: Upton Sinclair

THE WET PARADE 

Written by: Upton Sinclair

Copyright 1931

Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.

New York

Printed in the

United States of America

by the Ferris Printing Company

The book is in FAIR Condition.

Boards are square, solid and firm

Spine is partial broken and weak

Pages are in fair to good condition.

There are 431 pages, although none are torn or damaged - they are yellowed with age.

The book measures 8 1/2" x  6" x 2"

The book is blue with gold lettering.

The book comes from a smoke free home and has no bad smells or odors.

PLEASE remember, this is a USED book and is sold as is.

ABOUT THE BOOK:  The book tells of the evils both of drinking and of the Prohibition law. Divided into two parts--"The Parade in the South" and "The Parade in the North"--the film centers on two families. The Northern family is the Tarletons, headed by Huston, a hard drinker who spends his time in New York bars. The Southern clan, the Chilcotes, is headed by the gentlemanly Stone, who drinks as much as Huston and runs a bootlegging operation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sinclair was born in Maryland. His father's alcoholism shadowed his Upton's childhood. Sinclair had wealthy grandparents with whom he would often stay. This gave him insight on how both the rich and poor lived during the early twentieth century. Experiencing the differences of the two worlds of wealth and poverty affected him greatly and highly influenced his novels. In 1888, Sinclair moved to The Bronx, where he attended college. Writing novels and magazine articles to paid for his tuition. Some of the other books he wrote are: The Jungle; The Overman; The Millennium; The Metropolis; Samuel, the Seeker; Sylvia; Damaged Goods; Jimmie Higgins; They Call Me Carpenter; The Book of Life; Oil!; and many many more. Sinclair founded a utopian colony in New Jersey, known as Helicon Hall, and ran as a Socialist Congressional candidate. The colony burned down within a year. In the 1920s Sinclair moved to California, where he founded the state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.  The Great Depression was a key factor in his changing opinions on social issues.  Aside from his political and social writings, Sinclair took an interest in psychic phenomena and experimented with telepathy. The popularity of Sinclair's novels is rooted in the social and economic conditions of the early twentieth century. The ability to expose the injustices of capitalism resulted from the overwhelming impact and existence of poverty and the onset of the Depression. Sinclair's ability to form a Socialist Party in New Jersey is an example of such an ability. He also was the founder of the End Poverty in California (EPIC) movement.

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