Bibliograph

News of the world, a novel, Paulette Jiles

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News of the world, a novel, Paulette Jiles

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

News of the world

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

1182884268

Responsibility statement

Paulette Jiles

Sub title

a novel

Summary

It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. 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. 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

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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