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Oct 18, 2023
Excellent Historical and Literary Book
This is the book that the epic 1966 film The Sand Pebbles was based on. Although the movie does differ in parts from the book, those who loved the film would do well to read the book. Even without the film, the book stands alone as an incredibly accurate window into 1926 China. Naval historians, and even historians in general, will find this book very interesting. The author served on a US Navy gunboat in the mid 1930's. He was able to hear stories from his shipmates who had served on the Yangtze in 1926. 1926 was when Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek led the Chinese Nationalists in an attempt to create a new China, free from foreign power external interference as well as the Bolsheviks and Chinese warlords who were attempting to control things. The author's descriptions and depictions of the steam engine and the daily shipboard life and the crew are about as real as it can get. A good read!