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The Octopus
The Epic of the Wheat Series (Book 1)
- Author
- Frank Norris
- Narrator
- John Lescault
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 21 April 2020
- Run Time
- 21 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the railroad in California reached out across the state, grasping everything of value in the state.
Based on the bloody Mussel Slough Tragedy—a conflict between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad—The Octopus is a stunning novel chronicling the twilight of the frontier West, a depiction of the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers, and the ranchers’ League.
The book emphasizes the control of “forces”—such as the power of railroad monopolies—over individuals. No one was truly innocent, as the farmers employed the same if not similar tactics as the monopolistic railroad companies, such as subversion, coercion, and violence.
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Details
- Author
- Frank Norris
- Narrator
- John Lescault
- Duration
- 21 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 April 2020
- ISBN
- 9781094111506
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Adventure fiction: Westerns
Synopsis
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the railroad in California reached out across the state, grasping everything of value in the state. Based on the bloody Mussel Slough Tragedy—a conflict between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad—The Octopus is a stunning novel chronicling the twilight of the frontier West, a depiction of the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers, and the ranchers’ League. The book emphasizes the control of “forces”—such as the power of railroad monopolies—over individuals. No one was truly innocent, as the farmers employed the same if not similar tactics as the monopolistic railroad companies, such as subversion, coercion, and violence.
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