The Octopus: A Story of California (Epic of the Wheat) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Octopus: A Story of California (Epic of the Wheat) Book

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.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Based on an actual bloody dispute in 1880 between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, this shocking tale of greed, betrayal, and a lust for power is played out during the waning days of the western frontier. The Octopus vividly and relentlessly records social and economic problems of the late-19th century.

  • 0486432122
  • 9780486432120
  • Frank Norris
  • 1 December 2003
  • Dover Publications Inc.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 432
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