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The Valley of the Giants

by Peter B. KYNE (1880 - 1957)

08 - Chapter 8

The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in his chosen land the pioneer leader in the gigantic task of hewing a path for civilization was to know the bliss of woman's love and of parenthood, and the sorrow that comes of the loss of a perfect mate; he was to know the tremendous joy of accomplishment and worldly success after infinite labour; and in the sunset of life he was to know the dull despair of failure and ruin. Because of these things there is a tale to be told, the tale of Cardigan's son, who, when his sire fell in the fray, took up the fight to save his heritage--a tale of life with its love and hate, its battle, victory, defeat, labour, joy, and sorrow, a tale of that unconquerable spirit of youth which spurred Bryce Cardigan to lead a forlorn hope for the sake not of wealth but of an ideal. (Summary from the text)

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Listen next episodes of The Valley of the Giants:
09 - Chapter 9 , 10 - Chapter 10 , 11 - Chapter 11 , 12 - Chapter 12 , 13 - Chapter 13 , 14 - Chapter 14 , 15 - Chapter 15 , 16 - Chapter 16 , 17 - Chapter 17 , 18 - Chapter 18 , 19 - Chapter 19 , 20 - Chapter 20 , 21 - Chapter 21 , 22 - Chapter 22 , 23 - Chapter 23 , 24 - Chapter 24 , 25 - Chapter 25 , 26 - Chapter 26 , 27 - Chapter 27 , 28 - Chapter 28 , 29 - Chapter 29 , 30 - Chapter 30 , 31 - Chapter 31 , 32 - Chapter 32 , 33 - Chapter 33 , 34 - Chapter 34 , 35 - Chapter 35 , 36 - Chapter 36 , 37 - Chapter 37 , 38 - Chapter 38 , 39 - Chapter 39 , 40 - Chapter 40