A Thousand Faces (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from A Thousand Faces The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair, compelled Roosevelt to investigate the Beef Trust. "The Turn of the Balance," by Brand Whitlock, showed the appalling conditions of our jails and penitentiaries, which are stocked with victims of our police departments and of private detective agencies, as many innocent as guilty. Both books are considered masterpieces in description of actually existing conditions. Both created intense interest among those who labor for the uplifting of the millions in our social abyss. It is hoped that "A Thousand Faces," which gives a glimpse of our living hells, designated as asylums for the insane and private sanitariums, will stir every man and woman of red blood to immediate action in behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. In offering this book, the thanks of society are due to Mrs. Charles B. Galvin, nee Antoinette E. Gaz-zam, whose financial aid enabled the writers to prosecute secret investigations, the cost of which necessitated the expenditure of thousands of dollars. Acknowledgment is also made for the services rendered by George Allan England, in the revision of the MS. and reading of the proofs. In every State in the Union sane men and women are railroaded into madhouses for life. Not one incident in this book, portraying conditions there, is overdrawn or exaggerated. On the contrary, the half cannot be told, so revolting is the naked truth about these hellholes of modern "civilization." Actual fact forms the basis of every statement made, of every description written here. And shall you not bestir yourselves? Or are you among those who "don´t care what happens, so long as it doesn´t happen to you?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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