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Synopsis
One of Traven´s novels about the Mexican Revolution in the State of Chiapas where a simple Indian becomes the ¨general¨ of a band of Indians who out maneuver the Mexican army. The relevancy of this classic novel written 80 years ago is clearly applicable to these times as the present day Zapatistas continue the struggle with the cry of ¨land and liberty¨.
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General from the Jungle is the sixth and last of B. Traven's legendary Jungle Novels, a fictional epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution. In this masterpiece on guerrilla warfare, Traven tells the story of Juan Mendez, perhaps the youngest and greatest of the Indian rebel chieftains, who leads an ill-equipped and hungry band against the government forces. With brilliance and cunning, Mendez brutally attacks the federally protected fincas. The book is filled with marvelously drawn characters, yet the true hero is the army itself - illiterate, uneducated, and poor, but resourceful and dangerous. General is the culmination of a great story by a great storyteller.
About the Author
The mysterious B. Traven (1890 1969) was born in Chicago, spent his youth in Germany as an itinerant actor and revolutionary journalist, became a seaman on tramp steamers, settled in Mexico in the early 1920s, and began recording his experience in novels and stories. In the United States his best-known novel is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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