Community Corner

One For the Book: Upton Sinclair Called Monrovia Home for 20+ Years

Not everyone knows that famous author Upton Sinclair lived in Monrovia. The Pulitzer Prize winner called Monrovia home from 1942 to 1966.

The Monrovia Public Library has a first editor of his book The Jungle. Ask a librarian to see it and for a brief tour of the Heritage Room.

Read more about Sinclair here.

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