Paperback, 692 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 1994 by Penguin Classics.
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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.
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.
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.)