Poetry · 1902
The octopus, a story of California
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- First published
- 1901
- This copy printed
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper wrappers
- Condition
- Very good — Light wear to the binding, text clean and complete.
- Pages
- 460
About this work
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.
