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Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Octopus: A Story of California 1.04. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780140187700
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details. Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, this is the story of the waning days of the frontier West. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140187700
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Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.19. Seller Inventory # 353-0140187707-new