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A CULT MASTERPIECE--THE ADVENTURE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED JOHN HUSTON'S CLASSIC FILM, BY THE ELUSIVE AUTHOR WHO WAS A MODEL FOR THE HERO OF ROBERTO BOLA O'S 2666.

Little is known for certain about B. Traven. Evidence suggests that he was born Otto Feige... Read Full Overview

A CULT MASTERPIECE--THE ADVENTURE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED JOHN HUSTON'S CLASSIC FILM, BY THE ELUSIVE AUTHOR WHO WAS A MODEL FOR THE HERO OF ROBERTO BOLA O'S 2666

"The Treasure of Sierra Madre" is the literary masterpiece for America's pop mythology of the Wild West. A savagely ironic novel, it follows the rugged adventure of three Americans hunting for gold in the mountains of Mexico who find themselves caught in a morality tale of greed... Read Full Overview

"The Treasure of Sierra Madre" is the literary masterpiece for America's pop mythology of the Wild West. A savagely ironic novel, it follows the rugged adventure of three Americans hunting for gold in the mountains of Mexico who find themselves caught in a morality tale of greed... Read Full Overview

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (originally titled Der Schatz der Sierra Madre) is a 1927 adventure novel by German author B. Traven, whose identity remains unknown. In the book, two destitute American men in Mexico of the 1920s join an older American prospector in a search... Read Full Overview

"Los lectores que desconozcan el genio de Traven, lo hacen bajo su propio riesgo" -The New York Times Book ReviewPoco se sabe con certeza sobre B. Traven. La evidencia sugiere que fue Otto Feige de Schlewsig-Holstein, Alemania, y que escap? de una sentencia de muerte por su participaci?n... Read Full Overview

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (originally titled Der Schatz der Sierra Madre) is a 1927 adventure novel by German author B. Traven, whose identity remains unknown. In the book, two destitute American men in Mexico of the 1920s join an older American prospector in a search... Read Full Overview

The Treasure of Sierra Madreis the literary masterpiece for America's pop mythology of the Wild West. A savagely ironic novel, it follows the rugged adventure of three Americans hunting for gold in the mountains of Mexico who find themselves caught in a morality tale of greed... Read Full Overview

Meksiko, 1925: La usonano Dobbs surbordighis en Tampiko, oriente de Meksiko. Chi tie trovighas unu el la plej grandaj naftohavenoj de la mondo. Dobbs, ne trovante laboron, almozpetas bonstatulojn. En la trivita tranoktejo Oso Negro li konatighas kun la samlandano Kurtin, kiu... Read Full Overview