The Resource News of the world, by Paulette Jiles, (text large print)
News of the world, by Paulette Jiles, (text large print)
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The item News of the world, by Paulette Jiles, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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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 Johannas 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 rememberstrangers 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 becomein the eyes of the lawa kidnapper himself."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410489531
- Label
- News of the world
- Title
- News of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- by 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 Johannas 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 rememberstrangers 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 becomein the eyes of the lawa kidnapper himself."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jiles, Paulette
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.J54
- LC item number
- N49 2016b
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print western
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Voyages and travels
- Widowers
- Orphans
- Kiowa Indians
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- News of the world, by Paulette Jiles, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410489531
- Lccn
- 2016040096
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- 957581553
- (OCoLC)957581553
- Label
- News of the world, by Paulette Jiles, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410489531
- Lccn
- 2016040096
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- 957581553
- (OCoLC)957581553
Subject
- Large type books
- Orphans -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Widowers -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Kiowa Indians -- Fiction
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2016
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
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