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The Brass Check

by Upton Sinclair

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Introductory
  3. 3Part I — The Evidence
  4. 4Chapter II — The Story of a Poet
  5. 5Chapter III — Open Sesame!
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Real Fight
  7. 7Chapter V — The Condemned Meat Industry
  8. 8Chapter VI — An Adventure With Roosevelt
  9. 9Chapter VII — Jackals and a Carcase
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Last Act
  11. 11Chapter IX — Aiming at the Public’s Heart
  12. 12Chapter X — A Voice From Russia
  13. 13Chapter XI — A Venture in Co-Operation
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Village Horse-Doctor
  15. 15Chapter XIII — In High Society
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Great Panic
  17. 17Chapter XV — Shredded Wheat Biscuit
  18. 18Chapter XVI — An Interview on Marriage
  19. 19Chapter XVII — “Gaming” on the Sabbath
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — An Essential Monogamist
  21. 21Chapter XIX — In the Lion’s Den
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Story of a Lynching
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Journalism and Burglary
  24. 24Chapter XXII — A Millionaire and an Author
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — The “Heart Wife”
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — The Mourning Pickets
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Case of the “A. P.”
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — A Governor and His Lie
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Associated Press at the Bar
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Associated Press and Its Newspapers
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — The Scandal-Bureau
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Concrete Wall
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Making Bomb-Makers
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — The Roof-Garden of the World
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — A Fountain of Poison
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — The Daily Cat-and-Dog Fight
  37. 37Part II — The Explanation
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — The Empire of Business
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — The Dregs of the Cup
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Owning the Press
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — The War-Makers
  42. 42Chapter XL — Owning the Owners
  43. 43Chapter XLI — The Owner in Politics
  44. 44Chapter XLII — Owning the Associated Press
  45. 45Chapter XLIII — The Owner and His Advertisers
  46. 46Chapter XLIV — The Advertising Boycott
  47. 47Chapter XLV — The Advertising Ecstasy
  48. 48Chapter XLVI — The Bribe Direct
  49. 49Chapter XLVII — The Bribe Wholesale
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII — Poison Ivy
  51. 51Chapter XLIX — The Elbert Hubbard Worm
  52. 52Chapter L — The Press and Public Welfare
  53. 53Chapter LI — The Press and the Radicals
  54. 54Chapter LII — The Press and the Socialists
  55. 55Chapter LIII — The Press and Sex
  56. 56Chapter LIV — The Press and Crime
  57. 57Chapter LV — The Press and Jack London
  58. 58Chapter LVI — The Press and Labor
  59. 59Chapter LVII — The Associated Press and Labor
  60. 60Chapter LVIII — “Poisoned at the Source”
  61. 61Chapter LIX — The Press and the War
  62. 62Chapter LX — The Case of Russia
  63. 63Chapter LXI — “Bolshevism” in America
  64. 64Part III — The Remedy
  65. 65Chapter LXIII — The Mental Munition-Factory
  66. 66Chapter LXIV — The Problem of the Reporter
  67. 67Chapter LXV — The Press Set Free
  68. 68Chapter LXVI — A Frame-Up That Fell Down
  69. 69Conclusion
  70. 70A Practical Program
  71. 71Publisher’s Note

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