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News of the World : A Novel by Paulette Jiles (2016, Hardcover)

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National Book Award Finalist--Fiction It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio. Four years earlier, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna's parents and sister; sparing the little girl, they raised her as one of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army, the ten-year-old has once again been torn away from the only home she knows. Their 400-mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain proves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English language, tries to escape at every opportunity, throws away her shoes, and refuses to act "civilized." Yet as the miles pass, the two lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other, forging a bond that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land. Arriving in San Antonio, the reunion is neither happy nor welcome. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not remember--strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectable man, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to her fate or become--in the eyes of the law--a kidnapper himself. Exquisitely rendered and morally complex, News of the World is a brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062409204
ISBN-13
9780062409201
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215362377

Product Key Features

Book Title
News of the World : a Novel
Author
Paulette Jiles
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, General, Historical
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pr9199.3.J54n49 2016
Reviews
"This Western is not to be missed by Jiles's fans and lovers of Texan historical fiction." -- Library Journal on NEWS OF THE WORLD
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-041173
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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