**The Treasure of the Sierra Madre** (originally titled **Der Schatz der Sierra Madre**) is a 1927 adventure novel by German author B. Traven, whose identity remains unknown. In the book, two destitute American men in Mexico of the 1920s join an older American prospector in a search for gold. John Huston adapted the book as a 1948 film of the same name. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre))