How did the public react to Sinclare's novel?
When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, the public reacted by fixating on food safety as the novel's most pressing issue. Sinclair had meant for the public to be outraged by the way the workers were treated instead. President Theodore Roosevelt considered Sinclair a 'crackpot'.
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