The Sand Pebbles

Overview:

• Title: The Sand Pebbles
• Author: Richard McKenna
• Year: 1962
• Type: Non-genre

Synopsis:

The story of an American gunboat plying the rivers of China in the 1920s. Based on McKenna's experiences in the area aboard a gunboat in the 1930s.

Notes:

McKenna's best known work filmed in 1966 -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Pebbles

Editions/Publications:

• 1962. The Sand Pebbles (1962, Richard McKenna New York, Harper & Row, 597 pages, Hardcover, Novel)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on The Sand Pebbles