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Gangbare naam: Kyne, Peter B.
Officiële naam: Kyne, Peter Bernard
Geboortedatum: 1880-10-12
Overlijdensdatum: 1957-11-25
Graflocatie: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California, USA
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: San Francisco, California, USA
Plaats van overlijden: San Francisco, California, USA
Woonplaatsen: San Francisco, California, USA
Beroepen: novelist
Organisaties: United States Army (WWI)
Korte biografie: Kyne's stories inspired films, and he worked on a number of them including material for silent and `talkies' in the 1920s. Kyne was a sometimes wealthy Republican, though he ended up squandering much of his wealth on poor investments in the oil industry, schemes of speculation and invention and horseracing. He died on 25 November 1957 and is buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA.

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The Lord of Lonely Valley door Peter B. Kyne

My edition is a very worn hardcover published in 1932. It is cool that there is still a library checkout stamped paper on the inside (it looks there were at one time more that have been removed.) The earliest date stamped I can read is Mar. 14, 1936. I cannot find what library it was from though. : (

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Stacy_Krout | Aug 24, 2021 |

The Go-Getter door Peter B. Kyne

only 62 pages, quick reading. Encouraging to stick w/ job no matter haw difficult. Written in language first written 1921.

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Sandy_B. | 4 andere besprekingen | Jul 8, 2020 |

The Go-Getter (a Story That Tells You How to Be One) door Peter B. Kyne

At first I didn’t like this book. I objected to the ethic it projected. But it grew on me as I realized that it exposed my character weakness. Thus, it gets 5 stars because it caused me to change.

Read about 1984.

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bread2u | 4 andere besprekingen | Jul 1, 2020 |

The valley of the giants door Peter Bernard Kyne

I 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 Sequoia

Pleasingly, 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.… (meer)

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