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_aNorris, Frank, _d1870-1902 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Octopus : A Story of California |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2008 |
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| 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 | ||
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