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The Octopus: A Story of California
de Norris, Frank
- Nuevo
- Estado
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1616402601
- ISBN 13
- 9781616402600
- Librería
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Cosimo Classics. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Sinopsis
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details.
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- Librería
- Russell Books Ltd
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- ING9781616402600
- Título
- The Octopus: A Story of California
- Autor
- Norris, Frank
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo New
- Cantidad disponible
- 55
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1616402601
- ISBN 13
- 9781616402600
- Editorial
- Cosimo Classics
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2010-05
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Sobre el vendedor
Russell Books Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
Sobre Russell Books Ltd
Family owned and operated since 1961. Located in Downtown Victoria selling new, used, and remainder titles in all categories. We also have an extensive selection of Journals, cards and calendars.
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