THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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The Octopus
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How the Other Half Lives
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The Jungle
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History of Standard Oil
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 novel by Frank Norris and was the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Octopus, novel by Frank Norris, published in 1901 and subtitled A Story of California. It was the first volume of The Epic of the Wheat, his unfinished trilogy about the production, distribution, and consumption of American wheat.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is The Octopus by Frank Norris, originally published in 1901. Based on the real-life incident of the Mussel Slough Tragedy, The Octopus tells the story of a conflict between a group of California wheat ranchers and an all-powerful railroad corporation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Norris was inspired to write the novel by the Mussel Slough Tragedy involving the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the novel he depicts the tensions between the railroad, the ranchers and the ranchers’ League.
Detailed explanation-5: -The central characters-Presley, a poet from outside the region; Annixter, a wheat farmer and ranch owner; and Vanamee, a shepherd with mystical persuasions-all emerge from the side of the wheat farmers.