The Octopus: A Story of California - Paperback
by Frank Norris
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Availability:In StockContributor:Frank Norris, Kevin Starr (Introduction by)Series:Epic of the Wheat #1Audience:Young AdultPublish date:1994-08-01Pages:688
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140187700ISBN-10:140187707UPC:9780140187700Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, LiterarySize:7.75 x 5.09 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCJPYTDX4X
The Octopus: A Story of California
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140187700ISBN-10:140187707UPC:9780140187700Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, LiterarySize:7.75 x 5.09 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCJPYTDX4X
Frank Norris (1870-1902) was an American journalist and novelist. Among his novels are McTeague, The Octopus: A Story of California, and The Pit. His fiction is classified under naturalism and has been compared to the works of Émile Zola, Stephen Crane, and Edith Wharton. Kevin Starr (1940 - 2017) was an American historian and California's State Librarian, best know for his multi-volume series on...
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