One character in this novel is a poet and cyclist who intends to compose a vast epic of the west but ends up writing the popular protest poem "The Toilers.
One character in this novel is a mystical shepherd whose search for "The Answer" is sparked by the death of his lover Angele. This work describes an event in which the community gathers to force a massive herd of rabbits into a pen. Its first chapter ends with the violent death of a flock of sheep. One character in this novel is a poet and cyclist who intends to compose a vast epic of the west but ends up writing the popular protest poem "The Toilers." The antagonist (*) S. Behrman dies after falling into a ship's hold at the end of this novel, which includes a bloody and climactic battle between Annixter, Harran Derrick, Hooven, Osterman and the poet Presley against the corrupt Pacific Southwestern Railroad. For 10 points, name this first novel of Frank Norris's Epic of Wheat trilogy.
One character in this novel is a mystical shepherd whose search for "The Answer" is sparked by the death of his lover Angele.
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