The octopus: a story of California

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Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
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Nineteenth-century California wheat farmers wage a fierce battle against the rapid expansion into their fertile lands of the nation's railroads

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California -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Farmers
Farmers -- California -- San Joaquin Valley -- Fiction
Farmers -- Fiction
Fiction
Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880
Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880 -- Fiction
Railroad stories
Railroad stories -- California
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction
Wheat
Wheat -- California -- San Joaquin Valley -- Fiction
Wheat farmers
Wheat farmers -- Fiction

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