One of this man's protagonists appears in a short story in which his rivalry with Ryer is transferred to the two men's wives, who argue about the severity of their husbands' beatings. This author of "Fantaisie Printaniere" introduced a poet named Presley who attempts to write a "Song of the West" in a novel based on the Mussel Slough Tragedy. In that novel, the villainous S. Behrman is opposed by 
One of this man's protagonists appears in a short story in which his rivalry with Ryer is transferred to the two men's wives, who argue about the severity of their husbands' beatings. This author of "Fantaisie Printaniere" introduced a poet named Presley who attempts to write a "Song of the West" in a novel based on the Mussel Slough Tragedy. In that novel, the villainous S. Behrman is opposed by the (*) anti-railroad ranchers' league, led by Lyman and Magnus Derrick. One of his protagonists marries the gold-obsessed Trina and ends the novel in which he appears in Death Valley, handcuffed to the body of his friend Marcus. For 10 points, name this naturalist author of The Octopus who wrote about a former San Francisco dentist in McTeague.
One of this man's protagonists appears in a short story in which his rivalry with Ryer is transferred to the two men's wives, who argue about the severity of their husbands' beatings.
Frank Norris [or Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr.]