The Resource News of the world, Paulette Jiles
News of the world, Paulette Jiles
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The item News of the world, Paulette Jiles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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- Summary
- In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers 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, forming 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432839970
- Label
- News of the world
- Title
- News of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Paulette Jiles
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers 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, forming 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
- Cataloging source
- JJG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jiles, Paulette
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Voyages and travels
- Orphans
- Widowers
- Kiowa Indians
- United States
- Large print books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- News of the world, Paulette Jiles
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 000060473028
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432839970
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- Label
- News of the world, Paulette Jiles
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 000060473028
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 289 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432839970
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
Subject
- Kiowa Indians -- Fiction
- Large print books
- Orphans -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2016
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2017
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
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