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

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This is a rare and exceptional item for book collectors and lovers of fiction. The author, Paulette Jiles, has personally signed this first edition/printing copy of News of the World, published by HarperCollins in 2016. Book pages show no: highlights, notes, writing, underlining, markings and tears. Pages are intact and clean. The dust jacket is in excellent condition. Book will be bubble wrapped and sent via USPS. Thanks Loc: 5-1F

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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.

Product Identifiers

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

Additional Product Features

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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5 out of 5 stars
by 76_trans_am17 Jun, 2017
another great read
This is an enchanting story. I was immediately drawn in as the prose is beautiful and yet spare and the tale moves along very quickly. I was not all that familiar with this specific time and locale in America's history so as the story was compelling I also learned about the history. At 200 pages the story ended almost too soon. I could have read much more of this beautiful tale. I have to rank this as one of my favorite books and one that I will recommend often.
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5 out of 5 stars
by z89n2-5431 Aug, 2021
Better than the movie.
Let’s face it, Tom Hanks is good. But he takes a backseat to Captain Kidd. The book kept me on the edge of my chair from page one. Paulette Jilles paints a moving history of the southwest, that few can in vision. I found myself looking up pipes, pistols, and words not given to our everyday speech. This is the third book of Jilles that I have committed to history. The first Enemy Women, second The Color of Lightning, and now News of the World. Tomorrow I’ll search for other volumes of her penmanship.
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4 out of 5 stars
by sallybbregman19...14 Feb, 2018
good read
I totally enjoyed this book. a very fast read, well written. The subject material was new to me-- Texas in the mid nineteenth century. The main characters were well-developed and likable.
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4 out of 5 stars
by catmother2029 Nov, 2018
Great read
Great writing. Very moving story. Characters are very real and believable. Heartwarming story of old white man and captive young girl in the old west.
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5 out of 5 stars
by sandy310001 Apr, 2020
News of the World
Am almost finished with the book but hate for it to end. Well written, a compelling story of part of the old west from an intimate perspective.
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