{"product_id":"the-cottonpickers-jungle-novels-9781566630757","title":"The Cotton-Pickers (Jungle Novels)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe background of The Cotton-Pickers  set in Mexico in the 1920s  is the struggle of the emerging trade unions to end the exploitation of hungry laborers. Gales  a laconic American drifter  turns his hand to anything for a meal and a flea-bitten bunkhe works on a cotton plantation  in an oil field  in a bakery  as a cowboy for a North American ranch owner. Opposing exploitation  he leaves behind him a trail of rebellion. Underlying this lively and funny tale of his adventures is a powerful study of social injustice  and most of all a testament to the strength of human courage and dignity one of Travens favorite themes. \"B. Traven is coming to be recognized as one of the narrative masters of the twentieth century.\"New York Times Book Review. \"Great storytellers often arise like Judaic just men to exemplify and rehearse the truth for their generation. The elusive B. Traven was just such a man.\"Book World.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276917366837,"sku":"ByrdShop_1566630754","price":62.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781566630757.jpg?v=1780565896","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-cottonpickers-jungle-novels-9781566630757","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}