num_pages: 308
description: 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 BOLAÑO'S 2666 
  

  
Little is known for certain about B. Traven. Evidence suggests that he was born Otto Feige in Schlewsig-Holstein and that he escaped a death sentence for his involvement with the anarchist underground in Bavaria. Traven spent most of his adult life in Mexico, where, under various names, he wrote several bestsellers and was an outspoken defender of the rights of Mexico's indigenous people. First published in 1935, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is Traven's most famous and enduring work, the dark, savagely ironic, and riveting story of three down-and-out Americans hunting for gold in Sonora.
language: English
title: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
titlecomplete: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
genres: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Novels, Crime, Media Tie In, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Westerns, Fiction
ratings_count: 2566
places: Mexico
publisher: Hill and Wang