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The Octopus: A Story of California
Audio Book
Series: Epic of the Wheat, Book 1
RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
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ISBN13: 9781094111469
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: Mar 24 2020
Language: English
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the railroad in California reached out across the state, grasping everything of value in the state.
Based on the bloody Mussel Slough Tragedy--a conflict between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad--The Octopus is a stunning novel chronicling the twilight of the frontier West, a depiction of the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers, and the ranchers' League.
The book emphasizes the control of forces--such as the power of railroad monopolies--over individuals. No one was truly innocent, as the farmers employed the same if not similar tactics as the monopolistic railroad companies, such as subversion, coercion, and violence.
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