I first heard, rather than read, B Traven's words. A radio transmission on the BBC of his book The Death Ship. From hearing that I went to the books, March To Caobaland, The Rebellion of the Hanged and not least The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The last of these
It was the work of Robert Robinson, in the film directed by Will Wyatt, which followed the clues and found the witnesses, the last witnesses who could testify as to the person behind the mystery.
The greatness of B Traven is none the less for his being known. Indeed his personal life story is itself a great story, and does not detract from the merits, of which there are plenty of his written stories.
Sure, there are some who think that the identity is not yet established, or belongs to some other. But those are minority ideas, and have little actual evidence to sustain them.
This work of Robinson's is perhaps his finest piece of television work, and suggests that if he had felt able to devote himself to other such research what we would have had would have been substantial. B Traven on the other hand was not concerned at establishing a personal reputation beyond his work, And that is indeed substantial. For those that do not know him in all his glory, ... go read!
It was the work of Robert Robinson, in the film directed by Will Wyatt, which followed the clues and found the witnesses, the last witnesses who could testify as to the person behind the mystery.
The greatness of B Traven is none the less for his being known. Indeed his personal life story is itself a great story, and does not detract from the merits, of which there are plenty of his written stories.
Sure, there are some who think that the identity is not yet established, or belongs to some other. But those are minority ideas, and have little actual evidence to sustain them.
This work of Robinson's is perhaps his finest piece of television work, and suggests that if he had felt able to devote himself to other such research what we would have had would have been substantial. B Traven on the other hand was not concerned at establishing a personal reputation beyond his work, And that is indeed substantial. For those that do not know him in all his glory, ... go read!