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The Octopus: A Story of California
The Octopus: A Story of California
The Octopus: A Story of California
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The Octopus: A Story of California was inspired by the Mussel Slough Tragedy that took place in 1880 when a group of setters were disputing land titles with the Southern Pacific Railroad.  The book centers around a conflict between wheat farmers and the Pacific and Southwestern railroad.
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Release dateMar 22, 2018
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The Octopus: A Story of California
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Frank Norris

Frank Norris was an American author who wrote primarily in the naturalist genre, focusing on the impact of corruption and turn-of-the-century capitalism on common people. Best known for his novel McTeague and for the first two parts of his unfinished The Epic of the Wheat trilogy—The Octopus: A Story of California and The Pit, Norris wrote prolifically during his lifetime. Following his education at the Académie Julian in Paris, University of California, Berkeley, and at Harvard University, Norris worked as a news correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, and covered the Spanish-American War in Cuba for McClure’s Magazine. Norris died suddenly in 1902 of peritonitis, leaving The Wolf: A Story of Empire, the final part of his Wheat trilogy, incomplete.

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