num_pages: 361
description: This is a turn-of-the-century epic of California wheat farmers struggling against the rapacity of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad, which will stop at nothing to extend its domination. The company controls the local paper, the land, the legislature and, when the farmers organize to protect themselves, even manages to control their representative on the state rate-fixing commission. An unremitting tale of greed and betrayal, originally intended as one-third of Norris' never-completed "Epic of the Wheat" trilogy.
language: English
title: Octopus: A Story Of California
titlecomplete: Octopus: A Story Of California (Works of Frank Norris, Vol 1 & 2 of 10)
genres: Fiction, American, Politics, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1853
places: San Joaquin Valley, California
series: The Epic of the Wheat
publisher: Reprint Services Corp