UPTON SINCLAIR - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/18/1933 - HFSID 158440

UPTON SINCLAIR
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Upton Sinclair signed this thank-you note for a letter from political cartoonist Art Young
Typed letter signed "Upton". Address change stamp in purple ink near top edge. 1 page, 8½x5½ . Jan. 18, 1933. Addressed to Mr. Art Young, Bethel, Connecticut. In full: "My dear Art: Just a line thank you for your beautiful letter, and to give you sincere New Year good wishes from Craig and myself." "Craig" is probably Upton's wife MARY CRAIG SINCLAIR (1883-1961). ART YOUNG (1866-1943), born Arthur Henry Young, was an American cartoonist best known for his left wing and socialist political cartoons. American writer UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968) is best known for The Jungle, his 1906 novel exposing the horrors of the Chicago meat-packing industry. His other novels include The Money Changers (1908), King Coal (1917) and Oil! (1927). Sinclair was also active in politics, organizing the socialist EPIC (End Poverty in California) movement during the Great Depression and running for as Democratic candidate for Governor of California in 1934. In the 1940s, Sinclair wrote an 11-volume series about contemporary American character, "Lanny Budd", who travels through time and meets historical figures; Dragon's Teeth(1942) won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Eight of his books have been adapted for film and TV, including There Will Be Blood(2007), which was based on Oil!. Lightly toned and creased. Otherwise, fine condition.