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The Octopus

A Story of California

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An edition of The octopus, a story of California (1901)

The Octopus

A Story of California

by

  • ★★★★ 4.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 14 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Nominally, a fictional story of the disputes between a railroad and ranchers in California, it was actually a stern critique of the Central Pacific Railroad based on the famous "Mussel Slough Tragedy" where a shootout occurred between railroad men and citizens of a small California town. The Octopus was originally planned to be part one of a three part trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat. Part two, The Pit, was published later but Norris died before completing the third novel.

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Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
448

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Subjects
Fiction, Wheat farmers, Farmers, Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880, Railroads, Wheat, Farm life, Central Pacific Railroad, American fiction, Mussel Slough Tragedy (1880) fast (OCoLC)fst01031083, Fiction, general, California, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Railroad stories
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California, San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), San Joaquin Valley
Times
1900

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The octopus: a story of California
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The Octopus: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics)
August 1, 1994, Penguin Classics
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The octopus: a story of California
1981, New American Library
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The octopus: a story of California.
1971, R. Bentley
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The Octopus: A Story of California
1958, Houghton Mifflin
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The octopus: a story of California.
1903, G.N. Morang
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The octopus: a story of California
1903, George N. Morang & Co.
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The octopus: a story of California
1901, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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The octopus: a story of California
1901, Doubleday, Page & co.
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Riverside editions,
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.N792 O16, PS2472 O16

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Pagination
448 p.
Number of pages
448

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OL6242879M
Internet Archive
octopusstoryofca00norr
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58002300
OCLC/WorldCat
2871908

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