The sailor's Homer: the life and times of Richard McKenna, author of The sand pebbles
"There are virtually no biographies of naval enlisted personnel, making Dennis L. Noble's book wholly unique. Richard McKenna was an enlisted sailor for twenty-two years, from the late 1930s to the end of the Korean War. Like most of his shipmates, he was one of many "faceless" e...
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Annapolis, Maryland
Naval Institute Press
[2015]
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| Zusammenfassung: | "There are virtually no biographies of naval enlisted personnel, making Dennis L. Noble's book wholly unique. Richard McKenna was an enlisted sailor for twenty-two years, from the late 1930s to the end of the Korean War. Like most of his shipmates, he was one of many "faceless" enlisted sailors. McKenna, who eventually became a writer, did not hide the fact that, like the proverbial sailor, he enjoyed going ashore to such colorful-sounding establishments in China as "Nagasaki Joe's." Nor did he hide his interest in Japanese and Chinese women. While all of this would seem to indicate McKenna had become the stereotypical enlisted sailor, he did not fit neatly into this niche. Two important qualities made McKenna stand out among the many enlisted sailors. The first was his indomitable will, his desire to rise up against seemingly great odds and continue onward even when events seemed to conspire against him. "This is a biography of Richard McKenna, who was an enlisted sailor for twenty-two years, from the late 1930s to the end of the Korean War. After his career in the Navy, he went on to write The Sand Pebbles |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XX, 229 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Tafeln Illustrationen, Portraits 24 cm |
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