Jungle Novels

The story follows Don Gabriel, a bureaucratic official in an isolated government outpost in a remote village. He comes to oversee the enslavement of Indians and ships them off to forced labor on the mahogany plantations owned by foreign investors.

“March to the Monteria” is the third volume in B. Traven's "Jungle Novels," a series of six books that depict the lives and injustices of the Mexican Indians prior the Revolution. Known for his cult classic “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, made into a movie of the same name, the body of work by pseudonymous author B. Traven has endured now for decades.

Originally published in 1936, Traven captures the struggle for freedom of the enslaved Indians against labor agents in this thrilling, action-packed account.

B Traven's Jungle Novels comprises six books written during the 1930s that observe the poor conditions of the Mexican Indians living in the southern state of Chiapas, whose forced work under exploitative conditions and labor camps foment rebellion and start the beginnings of the Mexican Revolution. This last installment of Traven's legendary Jungle novels sees the completion of Ivan R Dee's fictional multi-volume retelling of the Mexican Revolution. From the art of guerilla warfare to the true-to-life story of the great general Juan Méndez, Traven's masterful storytelling skills are on full display.