The Cotton-Pickers |
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| Author:
| Traven, B. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-374-72253-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2020 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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The first novel from the elusive author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Set in the 1920s in Mexico, B. Traven's The Cotton-Pickers tells the story of Gerald Gales, who drifts in and out of jobs--on a cotton plantation, an oil field, in a pastry shop, and on a ranch--exposing the dangerous exploitation at each station and fomenting workers' rights along the way. Adventurous, funny, and full of humanity, TheCotton-Pickers...
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The first novel from the elusive author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Set in the 1920s in Mexico, B. Traven's The Cotton-Pickers tells the story of Gerald Gales, who drifts in and out of jobs--on a cotton plantation, an oil field, in a pastry shop, and on a ranch--exposing the dangerous exploitation at each station and fomenting workers' rights along the way. Adventurous, funny, and full of humanity, TheCotton-Pickers challenges and delights readers to this day.
"B. Traven is coming to be recognized as one of the narrative masters of the twentieth century." The New York Times