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The Valley of the Giants
Written by Peter B. Kyne
Narrated by Kevin Foley
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In the summer of 1850, a topsail schooner delivered a man to a forested california coast. The man swung his pack to his broad, powerful back and strode resolutely into the timber. The man was John Cardigan, the first pioneer in that lonely land. This is the story of Cardigan and his son Bryce. John is to experience love, great accomplishment and ruin. But when his sire falls, Bryce takes up the fight to save his heritage, not for the sake of wealth but for an ideal. Here is a tale of battle, victory, defeat, joy and sorrow. A battle over giant redwood trees in California.
Author
Peter B. Kyne
A native of San Francisco, Peter B. Kyne was a prolific screenwriter and the author of the 1920 bestseller Kindred of the Dust. His stories of Cappy Ricks and the Rick's Logging & Lumbering Company were serialized in The Saturday Evening Post and William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan magazine. He died in 1957.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I bought this book 7 years ago originally under the mistaken idea that it was about literal giants, of the mythical kind, as it was in the science fiction section of the secondhand bookstore. So you can imagine my surprise when it turns out to be a novel set in the early 1900s about the rough and tumble world of running a logging business in the fictional town of SequoiaPleasingly, as a fan of Arthur Hailey's books that delve into business, this was a pleasant and much welcome surprise. Not only does this novel paint a realistic and vivid picture of the time, it is immersive and dare I go as far as to say exciting. You can't help but root for the Cardigan's as they attempt to operate their business in an ethical manner whilst Colonel Pettington does so underhandedly and unethically attempting to gain any advantage he can.At the very core it is a novel of succession and overcoming adversity, with the adversity being an unethical competitor who has seemingly taken advantage of the aging owner of a timber enterprise. The aging owner's son returns home from his education to taken the reigns of the family business and take the fight to the competitor. I really enjoyed this and would recommend it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful story of the way life could & should be! Drawn into the characters’ lives from beginning to end. Wish there was a sequel!