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The Octopus: A Story of California

The Octopus: A Story of California

Norris, Frank

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Classic FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1514221721
ISBN13: 9781514221723
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 4 2015
Pages: 578
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.17 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was meant to be the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat. It describes the wheat industry in California, and the conflicts between wheat growers and a railway company. Norris was inspired to write the novel by the Central Pacific Railroad and the Mussel Slough Tragedy. In the novel he depicts the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers and the ranchers' League. The book emphasized the control of forces-such as growing wheat and the power of railroad monopolies-over individuals.

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