The Flivver King stands among the finest of modern American historical novels. It is history as it ought to be written - from the bottom up and the top down, with monumental sensitivity to the compromise and conflict between the two extremes. Its two stories - those of Henry Ford and Ford-worker Abner Shutt, unfold side by side, indeed dialectically. They are, in the end, one story: the saga of class and culture in 'Ford-America'. Workers and bosses, flappers and Klansmen, war and depression, Prohibition outlaws and high-society parties, unions and anti-union gun thugs - few aspects of American life in the first four decades of the last century are missing from this small masterpiece. The Flivver King sustains the same sure grasp of working class life which characterized Sinclair's earlier classic, The Jungle, but much less sentimentally and with a steadier focus on how alienated work breeds not only degradation but also resistance and revolt. Originally written in 1937 to aid the United Automobile Workers' organizing drive, The Flivver King answers the question "Why do we need a union?" with quiet eloquence. Kerr have reissued it as a great American novel and an important historical document, but most of all because that question has never gone away and is now more vital than ever. With an introduction from Steve Meyer.
Used availability for Upton Sinclair's Flivver King
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Hardback Editions
July 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The FLivver King: The Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 1-934568-39-2 / 9781934568392 (USA edition) Publisher: Synergy International of the Americas, Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Flivver King: The Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 9997885090 / 9789997885098 Publisher: Synergy International of the Americas Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1987 : Hardback
| Title: The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 0-88286-055-0 / 978-0-88286-055-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Charles Kerr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1971 : Hardback
| Title: Flivver King (New Portway Reprints) Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 0-85594-597-4 / 978-0-85594-597-8 (UK edition) Publisher: C.Chivers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1969 : Hardback
| Title: The Flivver King Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Phaedra, inc. Availability: Amazon More details... |
1948 : Hardback
| Title: The Flivver King Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 1938 : Hardback
| Title: The Flivver King Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Werner Laurie Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 1937 : Leather Bound
| Title: The Flivver King : A Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Haldeman-Julius Availability: Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
1987 : Paperback
| Title: The Flivver King; a Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company Availability: Amazon More details... |
1987 : Paperback
| Title: The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 0-88286-357-6 / 978-0-88286-357-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1984 : Paperback
| Title: The Flivver King: A Story Of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair ISBN: 0-88286-054-2 / 978-0-88286-054-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Charles H Kerr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1962 : Paperback
| Title: The flivver king; a story of Ford-America. Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Unknown Availability: Amazon More details... |
1938 : Paperback
| Title: The Flivver King Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: T Werner Laurie Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 1937 : Paperback
| Title: The Flivver King. A Story of Ford-America. Author(s): Upton. Sinclair Publisher: Detroit/Pasadena: United Automobile Workers of America/Upton Sinclair, Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
January 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Flivver King: A Story of Ford America Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1987 : Spiral-bound
| Title: The Flivver King The Story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: Charles H. Kerr Pub. Availability: Amazon More details... |
1962 : Unknown
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1938 : Unknown
| Title: The flivver king,: A story of Ford-America Author(s): Upton Sinclair Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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