+ School Arts Magazine 20:41 S ’20 70w
KYNE, PETER BERNARD. Kindred of the dust. il *$1.75 (1½c) Cosmopolitan bk. corporation
20–8274
For the scene of his story the author creates a feudal fief in the Pacific northwest. Hector McKaye, head of the Tyee Lumber Company, is known as “the laird,” his son Donald as “the young laird.” Donald comes home from college and a trip around the world to find his old chum Nan Brent the mother of a nameless child. Nan had believed herself married and to protect the real wife of the man who had deceived her is keeping his identity secret and bearing her shame. Donald finds that he loves Nan and is willing to marry her. Interference on the part of his mother and sisters drives her away. Donald is stricken with typhoid and to save his life his mother telephones to Nan to return. Following his recovery steps are again taken to prevent the marriage but Donald is obdurate. A break with his father results. The war comes, Donald enlists, goes to France, comes home again and there is a happy reunion, with a copy of Nan’s marriage license turning up to prove her innocent intentions.
+ − Booklist 16:349 Jl ’20
“The story is powerful and holds the attention of the reader in an unusual manner.”
+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 30 ’20 350w
“For sustained interest and constructive workmanship Mr Kyne seems, in ‘Kindred of the dust,’ to have outdone his previous efforts. Wholesome, entertaining story.”
+ N Y Times 25:307 Je 13 ’20 450w