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A Cadet's Honor: Mark Mallory's Heroism

Author
Upton Sinclair
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
4 hours 45 minutes
ISBN
9781802568158
Published
18 August 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • military academy
  • honor
  • integrity
  • heroism
  • loyalty
  • discipline
  • moral courage
  • coming of age
  • betrayal
  • justice

Description

A Cadet's Honor: Mark Mallory's Heroism by Upton Sinclair follows the story of Mark Mallory, a principled young cadet at a military academy where discipline, loyalty, and integrity are paramount. When false accusations threaten to expel him, Mark refuses to compromise his honor, even at great personal cost. Amid rivalry, betrayal, and institutional pressure, he stands firm in truth and courage, earning the respect of peers and mentors alike. Set against the structured world of military education, the novel emphasizes moral fortitude, justice, and the importance of character. Though lesser-known, it reflects Sinclair’s early interest in ethical dilemmas and social institutions. A compelling tale of integrity under fire.

Author

Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) wrote The Jungle and a long shelf of muckraking novels in which industry is the villain. The Chicago stockyards novel was meant to convert readers to socialism; it converted them to food reform instead — and still stands as American protest fiction at documentary heat. Sinclair kept going: oil, coal, journalism, politics, a career of books used as weapons.

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