The Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair using proceeds from what novel that portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities?
Helicon Home Colony Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, with proceeds from his novel "The Jungle". Established in October 1906, it burned down in March 1907 and was disbanded.
Sironia, Texas Sironia, Texas is a novel by American author Madison Cooper that describes life in the fictional town of Sironia, Texas, in the early 20th century. The book won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Award. Sironia is widely thought to be a thinly disguised version of his hometown of Waco, Texas. The book contains over 1,700 pages, making it one of the longest novels in the English language. Written over a period of 11 years, it was published in 1952. It sold 25,000 copies in its initial printing, but quickly faded from public view. Cooper subtly satirized upper-class southerners throughout the book.