The Valley of the Giants
Peter B. Kyne
Read by Roger Melin
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) (0 hr 5 min)
Chapters
| 01 - Chapter 1 | 13:13 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 02 - Chapter 2 | 16:41 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 03 - Chapter 3 | 17:48 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 04 - Chapter 4 | 20:12 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 05 - Chapter 5 | 4:59 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 06 - Chapter 6 | 25:00 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 07 - Chapter 7 | 7:06 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 08 - Chapter 8 | 22:15 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 09 - Chapter 9 | 22:20 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 10 - Chapter 10 | 28:00 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 11 - Chapter 11 | 10:41 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 12 - Chapter 12 | 8:31 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 13 - Chapter 13 | 16:28 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 14 - Chapter 14 | 16:12 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 15 - Chapter 15 | 10:14 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 16 - Chapter 16 | 22:34 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 17 - Chapter 17 | 45:47 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 18 - Chapter 18 | 14:35 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 19 - Chapter 19 | 45:40 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 20 - Chapter 20 | 28:30 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 21 - Chapter 21 | 16:01 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 22 - Chapter 22 | 11:34 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 23 - Chapter 23 | 27:22 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 24 - Chapter 24 | 41:54 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 25 - Chapter 25 | 5:53 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 26 - Chapter 26 | 28:35 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 27 - Chapter 27 | 16:26 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 28 - Chapter 28 | 13:40 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 29 - Chapter 29 | 26:08 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 30 - Chapter 30 | 18:48 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 31 - Chapter 31 | 12:42 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 32 - Chapter 32 | 7:32 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 33 - Chapter 33 | 19:20 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 34 - Chapter 34 | 8:30 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 35 - Chapter 35 | 5:50 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 36 - Chapter 36 | 9:50 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 37 - Chapter 37 | 12:07 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 38 - Chapter 38 | 25:35 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 39 - Chapter 39 | 6:43 | Read by Roger Melin |
| 40 - Chapter 40 | 14:22 | Read by Roger Melin |
Reviews
Excellent
SilverWillow
Bryce Cardigan has returned home to find that the family business is in jeopardy of being lost. Can he find a way to save it? This is a gem of a book having humor, adventure, romance, and most endearing of all is the relationship between father and son. As always, Roger Melin does an outstanding job of narrating. Highly recommended!
A LibriVox Listener
The novel starts off a bit slowly but hang on. It is worth the wait. The plot twists later are very entertaining. This was my first experience with the author Peter B. Kyne. I hope to find more from him. The reader performed professionally. Overall a jewel of a tale.
A DAZZLING SLEEPER
Avid Listener
A new author to me, but what an introduction. Roger Melin is certainly in the top three of your readers, and he is matchless with this type of book. One lesson--never trust a man called "colonel" (unless he sells chicken.
Stephen Lowe
a moral story from the northwest part of California...at yes it reminded me of a combo of it's a wonderful life and any Horatio Alger story. one character appeared to me a lumber industry Mr Potter. well read by an excellent marrator
S. L. Galliher
A bit on the old fashion side of a story but ageless. As one that has spent my career in the timber industry I enjoyed all aspects of the story and the presentation by the narrator.
Awesome
Sandrainia3
Awesome book, excellent narrator! Anything else I would write would be a spoiler alert, so I will stand content with the 4 words I began with.
jim immel
great story. well read. being from the area it's a bit of a history lesson. well researched .
A. H.
Much detail about logging and redwoods but very interesting.