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The Sand Pebbles. A novel

As a spirit of nationalism inspired by Chiang Kai-shek's leadership begins to sweep through China, the river gunship San Pablo is ordered to patrol the region and to protect U.S. citizens. The crew of the ship is soon drawn into an international conflict when the Chinese Nationalists begin trying to expel the "foreign devils" from their shores. The conflict not only serves to illustrate the divide between east and west but also causes a rift between the members of the crew. The protagonist of McKenna's novel, Jack Holman, is a machinist aboard the San Pablo who has joined the navy in order to a.

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  • "Sand Pebbles"@it
  • "Granos de Arena"

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  • "As a spirit of nationalism inspired by Chiang Kai-shek's leadership begins to sweep through China, the river gunship San Pablo is ordered to patrol the region and to protect U.S. citizens. The crew of the ship is soon drawn into an international conflict when the Chinese Nationalists begin trying to expel the "foreign devils" from their shores. The conflict not only serves to illustrate the divide between east and west but also causes a rift between the members of the crew.The protagonist of McKenna's novel, Jack Holman, is a machinist aboard the San Pablo who has joined the navy in order to avoid jail time. Because he is so fiercely independent, Jake remains a relative loner while onboard the San Pablo and is uncomfortable with navy protocol and discipline. It is just this rebellious spirit that animates much of this novel.McKenna's independent mind chafes against military hierarchy and also, ensures that he does not share his shipmates' disdain for the Chinese because he is not a "joiner". Instead, McKenna is fascinated with the culture and the people that surround him and develops emotional bonds that prove quite thorny when the circumstances become more tumultuous and more dire.The perspective of Sand Pebbles is therefore both panoramic as well as personal. Like Lawrence of Arabia, the tension explored here is between the self as individual against the broader atria of social and historical forces against which we are all measured. The Sand Pebbles was made into a 1966 film of the same name starring Steve McQueen."
  • "For years the U.S. Navy gunboat San Pablo has been patrolling a tributary of the Yangtze River in China protecting American missionaries and businessmen. Her crew has grown soft and lazy. Then the great Chinese Revolution of the 1920's breaks out. This is the story of the crew, particulary Jake Holman, as they face the precarious situation and make agonizing decisions."
  • "As a spirit of nationalism inspired by Chiang Kai-shek's leadership begins to sweep through China, the river gunship San Pablo is ordered to patrol the region and to protect U.S. citizens. The crew of the ship is soon drawn into an international conflict when the Chinese Nationalists begin trying to expel the "foreign devils" from their shores. The conflict not only serves to illustrate the divide between east and west but also causes a rift between the members of the crew. The protagonist of McKenna's novel, Jack Holman, is a machinist aboard the San Pablo who has joined the navy in order to a."@en
  • "The life of ease enjoyed by sailor Jake Holman and his crewmates aboard the U.S. Navy gunboat "San Pablo" comes to an end with the start of the 1925-27 Chinese Revolution."
  • "Aan het rustige leven op een Amerikaanse oorlogsbodem op de Jangtze rivier in China wordt een einde gemaakt door de grote Chinese revolutie van 1925-1927."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Naval history"
  • "Naval history"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "Le San Pablo : roman américain"
  • "El Yang-tse en llamas"
  • "El Yang-Tse en llamas : Los Granos de Arena"
  • "Le San Pablo roman américain"
  • "De mannen van de "San Pablo""
  • "El Yangtzé en llamas"@es
  • "El Yangtzé en llamas"
  • "The Sand Pebbles : A novel"
  • "El Yang-Tse en llamas ; (Los granos de arena)"@es
  • "The Sand Pebbles. A novel"@en
  • "La "San Pablo" : romanzo"@it
  • "The Sand pebbles : a novel by Richard McKenna"
  • "The Sand Pebbles"@en
  • "The Sand Pebbles"
  • "Das Kanonen-Boot vom Yangtse-Kiang : Roman"
  • "La San Pablo"@it
  • "La San Pablo"
  • "San Pablo"
  • "The sand pebbles : a novel"
  • "Tykkilaiva San Pablo"
  • "Tykkilaiva San Pablo"@fi
  • "Los Granos de arena"
  • "Los granos de arena"@es
  • "Los granos de arena"
  • "The Sand Pebbles, a novel"
  • "El yang-tse en llamas : los granos de arena"
  • "The Sand Pebbles : a novel. a novel"
  • "The Sand Pebbles a novel"@en
  • "Sand pebbles : a novel"
  • "Das Kanonenboot vom Yangtse-Kiang : Roman"
  • "The Sand Pebbles. A novel. Reprinted"@en
  • "Dānihhā-yi shin"
  • "Kanonbåten San Pablo"@sv
  • "Kanonbåten San Pablo"
  • "The Sand Pebbles : a novel"@en
  • "The Sand Pebbles : a novel"
  • "The sand pebbles"@en
  • "The sand pebbles"

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