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The Long Chance
Peter B. Kyne
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R879
Discovery Miles 8 790
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Go-Getter is Kyne's most famous work, first published by
William Randolph Hearst in 1921. The story centers around disabled
World War I veteran Bill Peck, a worker who must overcome many
obstacles in order to build a successful life for himself. At every
turn he is thwarted by life's circumstances and must rely on his
own tenacity and wits to see him through.American novelist PETER B.
KYNE (1880-1957) was born in San Francisco, California. From early
on it was clear that he had a gift for writing, and his time in the
army during the Spanish-American War and World War I gave him
plenty to write about. Kyne's novels include The Three Godfathers
(1913) and Cappy Ricks (1916).
It was sunrise on the Colorado desert. As the advance guard of dawn
emerged from behind the serrated peaks to the east and paused on
their snow-encrusted summits before charging down the slopes into
the open desert to rout the lingering shadows of the night, a
coyote came out of his den in the tumbled malpais at the foot of
the range, pointed his nose skyward and voiced his matutinal salute
to the Hosts of Light. Presently, far in the distant waste, seven
dark objects detached themselves from the shadows and crawled
toward the mountains. Like motes swimming in a beam of light, they
came out of the Land of Nowhere, in the dim shimmering vistas over
west, where the gray line of grease-wood met the blue of the
horizon. Slowly they assumed definite shape; and the coyote ceased
his orisons to speculate upon the ultimate possibility of breakfast
and this motley trio of "desert rats" with their burro train, who
dared invade his desolate waterless kingdom.
Although Kyne's tale of business smarts has been around for some
time, it doesn't feel dated. It's a straightforward parable about a
young war veteran who's handed an opportunity that will either make
or break his career. If he accepts the job and pulls it off, he's a
go-getter; if he fails, it's curtains. His motto-"It shall be
done"--sums up Kyne's point: even if you're unsure, say you can do
it. Then figure out how to do it and make sure you succeed. A book
about a go-getter that teaches you to be a go-getter.
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The Long Chance
Peter B. Kyne
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R644
Discovery Miles 6 440
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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