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020			_a9781432839970 _q(large print ; _qpaperback)
020			_a1432839977 _q(large print ; _qpaperback)
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100			_aJiles, Paulette, _d1943- _eauthor. _93971
245	1	0	_aNews of the world / _cPaulette Jiles.
250			_aLarge print edition.
260			_aFarmington Hills, Mich _bLarge Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning _c2017.
300			_a289 pages (large print) ; _c22 cm
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aVoyages and travels _vFiction. _9114
650		0	_aWidowers _vFiction. _981
650		0	_aKiowa Indians _vFiction. _933205
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y19th century _vFiction. _933206
655		0	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _968
655		7	_919892 _aHistory. _2fast
650		0	_916974 _aOrphans _vFiction.
655		0	_976 _aWestern stories.
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