The Death Ship

About “The Death Ship”

The Death Ship is a 1926 novel by B. Traven, a pseudonymous author. It was Traven's first major success and remains his second most well-known work after The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The story was originally published in German and later translated into English in 1934. The novel is often labeled as anarchist due to its critique of bureaucratic authority, nationalism, and harsh labor conditions.