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100 1 _aNorris, Frank,
_d1870-1902
245 1 4 _aThe Octopus : A Story of California
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octopus:_A_Story_of_California
500 _aRelease date is 2008-07-11
508 _aProduced by John Hamm, and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDidactic fiction
653 _aFarm life -- Fiction
653 _aMussel Slough Tragedy, 1880 -- Fiction
653 _aWheat farmers -- Fiction
653 _aFarmers -- Fiction
653 _aSan Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction
653 _aCalifornia -- Fiction
653 _aRailroad stories
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/268
999 _c42396
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