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The Carreta

  • Hardcover
  • London: Allison & Busby, 1981
By Traven, B.
London: Allison & Busby, 1981. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 264pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Black boards with gilt title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. This work is the first novel in the reclusive author's 'Jungle Novels'. The 'Jungle' novels chronicle the exploitation of the native peoples living in 'monterias', or mahogany logging camps of the rain forests of Chiapas, by the wealthy Spanish landowners during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz.
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