Back of the Yards

by Jeannette Swist

Book Overview

Visit the Back of the Yards neighborhood and setting for Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

The Back of the Yards neighborhood, located in back of the Union Stockyards and composed of Packingtown, Town of Lake, and New City, was the setting of Upton Sinclair's classic 1906 novel, The Jungle. Permeated by an unforgettable smell, Back of the Yards was a melting pot of immigrants, many who worked in the stockyards. In 1894, Mary McDowell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073855054X
• ISBN13: 9780738550541
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"