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The fifth of Traven 's Jungle Novels, depicting a revolt by long-oppressed workers in the great mahogany plantations, and culminating in a treacherous march through the jungles at the height of the rainy season. Traven is a riveting storyteller. Philadelphia Inquirer.

Regarded by many as Traven 's finest novel, The Bridge in the Jungle is a tale of how a desperately poor people come together in the face of death. Traven never allows an iota of sentimentality to enter his story, but the reader finishes the book with renewed faith in the courage and dignity of human beings.

Ten of Traven 's remarkable short stories, displaying a sampling of his interests and his superb storytelling talents. Traven is a very great writer....His work must be read. New York Times Book Review.

In the third of his six Jungle Novels, set in the great mahogany plantations of southern Mexico in the years before the revolution, Traven traces the beginnings of consciousness which led to rebellion by the Indians who worked in debt-slavery.

The first of Traven 's legendary Jungle Novels, Government depicts the political corruption that infected even the smallest villages in Mexico before the revolution. Readers who ignore the genius of B. Traven do so at their peril. New York Times Book Review.