false 876843 21 This is a turn-of-the-century epic of California wheat farmers struggling against the rapacity of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad, which will stop at nothing to extend its domination. The company controls the local paper, the land, the legislature and, when the farmers organize to protect themselves, even manages to control their representative on the state rate-fixing commission. An unremitting tale of greed and betrayal, originally intended as one-third of Norris' never-completed "Epic of the Wheat" trilogy. 151337 1901 The Octopus: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics) total:230|5:54|4:84|3:55|2:32|1:5| 230 840 369 28 4 1 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:38:56 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:52:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 21 03:54:10 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 03:56:29 -0700 2008
At one point a woman starves to death for something like twenty pages. That's almost all I can remember. This whole fucking book has little...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Sep 08 20:40:19 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 20:40:46 -0700 2007
Great imagery and allusions to the early...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 16 02:34:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 09:43:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Aug 22 16:19:15 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 08:10:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 28 14:42:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 19 12:40:59 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 12:52:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 17:01:32 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:29:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 18 13:06:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 13:07:30 -0700 2009 Where I Was From is so fascinating, I may have to read the original at some point!]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 13:54:48 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 13:58:48 -0700 2008
anyways... this book is awesome 1) because it is about the place where i am from (like, the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 06:31:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 06:32:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 16:41:09 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 16:41:22 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 05:28:57 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 14:19:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 22 07:59:02 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 16:37:35 -0700 2008
T...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 16 00:08:15 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 00:08:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jun 19 08:20:31 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 08:22:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 17 19:47:58 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 19:50:48 -0700 2008 Grapes of Wrath and the Sinclairs and Jack London. Explores monopoly capitalism and property rights in turn-of-the-century Central California, though the model for the characters and places in the novel were towns near where I grew up.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 12 16:32:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 16:34:55 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed May 30 11:08:36 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 11:08:36 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon May 05 21:51:01 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 21:53:05 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 23 14:48:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 14:49:20 -0800 2008