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ť This is about the novel. For the film see The Sand Pebbles (film). For the band, see The Sandpebbles.

The Sand Pebbles is a 1962 novel by American author Richard McKenna about a Yangtze River gunboat in 1926.
"The Sand Pebbles is a gripping novel of adventure aboard a Yangtze River gunboat (The U.S.S. San Pablo) at the very moment of China's bloody awaking to its new destiny. It is the story of men, a ship, and a way of life engulfed in a tidal wave of revolution. But most of all, it's the story of Jake Holman, a tough young American sailor who finds himself caught between the perils of love and the madness of war." (From the back cover of the Fawcett paperback) It was the winner of the $10,000 Harper Prize Novel.
Richard McKenna served aboard a Yangtze River gunboat in 1936.
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