Die Weiße Rose by B. Traven

"Die Weiße Rose" by B. Traven is a novel published in 1929 about an idyllic hacienda called "The White Rose" inhabited by Indians in 1920s Mexico. The story contrasts the harmonious, nature-connected life of the indigenous community with the ruthless ambitions of Mr. Collins, an oil company president who covets their land. When the hacienda's owner is murdered, Collins illegally seizes the property, revealing the brutal reality of capitalism's disregard for human life in pursuit of profit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Traven, B., 1882-1969
LoC No. 30008128
Title Die Weiße Rose
Alternate Title Die Weisse Rose
Original Publication Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1929.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Rose_(Traven_novel)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_wei%C3%9Fe_Rose
Credits Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Murder -- Fiction
Subject Mexico -- Fiction
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 77012
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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