The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics

----"One of the five greatest books ever about an American campaign." -- The Wall Street Journal / "A compelling account"-- Jill Lepore, The New Yorker. / Winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize.

In 1934, voters hoping to turn the tide of the Great Depression backed an unlikely candidate for governor of California: Upton Sinclair, muckraking author of "The Jungle" and lifelong socialist. Amazingly, Sinclair swept the Democratic primary, leading a mass movement called EPIC (End Poverty in Califo...