The White Rose (Traven novel)

{{short description|1929 novel by B. Traven}}

{{Other uses|White Rose (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox book

|name=The White Rose

|image=TheWhiteRose.jpg

|caption=First edition (Published by Büchergilde Gutenberg)

|author=B. Traven

|country=Germany

|language=German

|published=1929

|genre=Fiction

}}

The White Rose is a novel by B. Traven, first published in 1929.{{cite book|last=Mezo|first=Richard|title=A Study of B. Traven's Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOXGZsTMSFQC&dq=Traven+White+Rose&pg=PA83|year=1993|publisher=Mellen Press|isbn=0773498389|page=83}} Originally published in German by Münchener Post,{{cite news|last1=Rosenbaum|first1=Ron|title=Against Normalization: The Lesson of the "Munich Post"|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/normalization-lesson-munich-post/|accessdate=February 6, 2017|work=Los Angeles Review of Books|date=February 5, 2017}} 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.

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal |last1=H. |first1=R. T. |title=Review of Die Weisse Rose |journal=Books Abroad |volume=6 |issue=2 |page=238 |date=1932 |doi=10.2307/40070830 |issn=0006-7431 |jstor=40070830 |df=mdy-all }}

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