<P> The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( originally titled Der Schatz der Sierra Madre ) is a 1927 adventure novel by bilingual German author B. Traven , whose identity remains unknown . In the book , two destitute American men in the 1920s join an older American man in Mexico to prospect for gold . John Huston adapted the book as a 1948 film of the same name . </P>
who wrote the treasure of the sierra madre
B. Traven