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The Man Nobody Knows

The Man Nobody Knows

The Man Nobody Knows

Roy Pateman

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Año de edición:
2005
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Biografía: literaria
ISBN:
9780761829737
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In this book, Roy Pateman provides the most reader-friendly, up to date biography of B. Traven, an enigmatic writer whose readership spread across broader class, race, and language divides more than anyone else writing during the twentieth century. This unconventional biography discusses Traven’s alternative histories, followed by an attempt to find out the major influences of this elusive man.

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