02408cam a2200337 4500 584726072 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798765001011 c4c35a53-337a-44f7-aa78-ce1e54b8505b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8329571 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McKenna, Richard. The Sand Pebbles [Libby]. Tantor Media, Inc., 2022. Historical. Fiction. Chinese. naval. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 617MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 617MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. The critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller and the basis for the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film starring Steve McQueen. 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 US citizens. 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 and is uncomfortable with navy protocol and discipline. Holman's independent mind chafes against military hierarchy and also ensures that he does not share his shipmates' disdain for the Chinese. Instead, Holman 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 The 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 spectrum of social and historical forces against which we are all measured. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Adamson, Rick. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c4c35a53-337a-44f7-aa78-ce1e54b8505b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c4c35a53-337a-44f7-aa78-ce1e54b8505b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)