Upton Sinclair by Floyd Dell

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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.