The White Rose (Traven Novel)
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''The White Rose'' is a novel by
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, first published in 1929. Originally published in
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'', the first English translation appeared in 1979.


Plot

The novel concerns the efforts of ''Condor Oil'', a (fictional) American oil company, to purchase a Mexican ranch from its unwilling owner.


References


Further reading

* 1929 German-language novels Novels set in Mexico History of the petroleum industry in the United States {{1920s-novel-stub