The Octopus: A Story of California by Norris, Frank

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
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ISBN
9780140187700
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140187707
ISBN-13
9780140187700
eBay Product ID (ePID)
40803

Product Key Features

Book Title
Octopus : a Story of California
Number of Pages
688 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Fiction
Author
Frank Norris
Book Series
The Epic of the Wheat Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
85-031463
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
813/.4
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
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., 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.

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