Name: The Octopus A Story of California
Author: Frank Norris
ISBN: 978-0486432120

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The Octopus A Story of California

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The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was 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 compa ... Read more

The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was 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 Mussel Slough Tragedy involving the Southern Pacific Railroad. 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 the power of railroad monopolies—over individuals. Some editions of the work give the subtitle as alternatively, A California Story. Less

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Frank Norris

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Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – Oct 25, 1902) was an American journalist and a novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His...

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