# A Single Pebble

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- Book: [A Single Pebble](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-hersey/a-single-pebble) ([A Single Pebble.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-hersey/a-single-pebble.md))
- Authors: [John Hersey](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-hersey)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-9475-697-4
- Pages: 192
- Published: 1989-02-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried,...