01899cam a22003973u 4500 268 UtSlPG 20260610133029.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 The Octopus : A Story of California Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octopus:_A_Story_of_California Release date is 2008-07-11 Produced by John Hamm, and David Widger "The Octopus: A Story of California" by Frank Norris is a novel published in 1901. It chronicles the brutal conflict between wheat farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley and a powerful railroad corporation seeking to seize their land. As ranchers band together to defend their livelihoods against monopolistic forces, loyalties fracture, violence erupts, and lives are destroyed. Through bribery, betrayal, and bloodshed, Norris depicts how impersonal economic powers crush individuals caught in their path, culminating in tragedy for both the innocent and the corrupt. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Didactic fiction Farm life -- Fiction Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880 -- Fiction Wheat farmers -- Fiction Farmers -- Fiction San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction California -- Fiction Railroad stories https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/268 42396 42396