Upton Sinclair was born in 1878 to an alcoholic father whose struggles meant the family lived in poverty and squalor. His mother, however, was from a wealthy family, and as a boy, Sinclair would spend summers with his grandparents at their luxurious country home. The contrast between poverty and wealth he experienced influenced his later socialist views.
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