Bluejacket Books: The Sand Pebbles (Paperback)

from Stbalbach

"The Sand Pebbles" was written by Richard McKenna, a career Navy sailor of no particular high rank, he was a mechanic. He was born to poor parents in 1913, a member of the "Greatest Generation", and fought in WWII in his late 20s. Before WWII he served a few years as a navy "river rat" on the Yan...

from dypaloh

"The students say Buddha came to China on a white horse and Christ came on a cannonball." -The Sand Pebbles Very likely no novel ever has devoted more prose to a ship's engines than does The Sand Pebbles. Richard McKenna's descriptions of the naval river gunboat San Pablo and its engine room reca...

from mykl-s

A good story about a US Navy gunboat on the Yangtze in the early 20c. Some of the scenes are violent and unpleasant.

from usnmm2

This is another book you should treat yourself to if you liked the movie. There is just so much more, you can really see and feel for Jake Holman as he finally finds a place and peaple to belong too.

from dickcraig

This book was recommended by my friend, Jerry. It became one of my top 50 books of all time. It is about a U.S. Navy gunboat in China in the 1920's.