Upton Sinclair was 'radical innocent' [video 42min]

Anthony Arthur discusses his new biography of Upton Sinclair, titled Radical Innocent. Arthur suggests that Sinclair was a writer whose work blurred the line of politics and art. Mr. Arthur examines Sinclair's The Jungle, a novel that was published 100 years ago about the bad conditions at meat-packing plants. Arthur discusses Sinclair's campaign for the California governorship in the early 1930s and his late career start as a historical novelist. Mr. Arthur describes how Sinclair's historical fictional hero Lanny Budd was admired by Hitler, Goering, FDR and Truman. This event was hosted by the Chautauqua Institution in New York.