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Based on an actual bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, this novel depicts the dying days of the western frontier of America.

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The Octopus by Frank Norris

Based on an actual bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, this novel depicts the dying days of the western frontier of America.

Frank Norris (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist of the Progressive Era, whose fiction was mostly in the naturalist genre.[1][2][3][4][5] His famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A Tale of California (1901), and The Pit (1903).

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ISBN 13 9780140390407
ISBN 10 0140390405
Title The Octopus
Author Frank Norris
Series Classics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1986-10-30
Number of pages 688
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.