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The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.

The Death Ship is the first of B. Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work



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"The greatest of Traven's works, it is a good-humored but devastating attack on bureaucracy and the state." -- Los Angeles Times

The Death Ship

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      Publisher: Chicago Review Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/1991
      ISBN13: 9781556521102, 978-1556521102
      ISBN10: 1556521103

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.

      The Death Ship is the first of B. Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work



      Trade Review
      "The greatest of Traven's works, it is a good-humored but devastating attack on bureaucracy and the state." -- Los Angeles Times

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