Richard McKenna

Richard Milton McKenna (May 9, 1913 – November 1, 1964) was an American sailor and writer. In the late 1950s, he began writing science fiction stories, and is best known for his 1963 historical novel ''The Sand Pebbles'', which tells the story of an American sailor serving aboard a gunboat on the Chinese Yangtze River in 1925. Provided by Wikipedia