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The Octopus: A Story of California

The Octopus: A Story of California

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The Octopus: A Story of California

by Norris, Frank

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Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details.

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Title
The Octopus: A Story of California
Author
Norris, Frank
Format/Binding
Soft cover
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Used - Good
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Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0451510372
ISBN 13
9780451510372
Publisher
Signet Classics
Date Published
1964
Pages
472

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