Octopus: A Story of California and the Pit: A Story of Chicago

Author/Contributor(s):	Norris, Frank
Publisher:	Start Publishing PD
Date:	5/22/2024
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

The Octopus is a story of corporate greed power and abuse. A group of wheat farmers agree to work a railway company's land in exchange for assurances that after a ten year period they will be able to purchase the land at a reasonable price. When it comes time for the purchase of the land the railway company decides to go back on its promise and brings all of their power to bear against the farmers in a deceitful and bloody confrontation.