The Octopus
Subtitle: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics)
Contributors: Kevin Starr (Introduction)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: August 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 692
ISBN-13: 9780140187700
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Classic fiction; Modern fiction; Literature: Classics; Farmers; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Wheat farmers; Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880; Classics; Fiction / Classics; California; Fiction; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
First sentence: Just after passing Caraher's saloon.