The Octopus : A Story Of California
by Frank Norris
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Author: Frank NorrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-22
ISBN: 1440425515
Number of pages: 328
Publisher: CreateSpace
Summary of The Octopus : A Story Of California
"The Octopus" describes the raising of wheat in California, and conflict between the wheat growers and a railway company. Norris was inspired by role of the Southern Pacific Railroad in events surrounding the Mussel Slough Tragedy. It depicts the tension between the corrupt railroad and the ranchers and the ranchers' League.This is a turn-of-the-century epic of California wheat farmers struggling against the rapacity of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad, which will stop at nothing to extend its domination. The company controls the local paper, the land, the legislature and, when the farmers organize to protect themselves, even manages to control their representative on the state rate-fixing commission. An unremitting tale of greed and betrayal, originally intended as one-third of Norris' never-completed "Epic of the Wheat" trilogy.
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