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LeftInTX

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8. My favorite on the list is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Reply to Paula Sims (Original post)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 11:00 PM

Sep 2017

Every Democrat should read that book. We had to read it in high school.

I'm surprised Johnny Got His Gun and Auschwitz were not on the list. (Required reading in our high school)

Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, Animal Farm, and 1984 were also required.

We read In Cold Blood in an elective English class.

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My favorite on the list is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair LeftInTX Sep 2017 #8