![]() Kidd, a printer by heart who lost his press to martial law, reads excerpts of newspapers from around the world to willing listeners across Texas. Taken captive by members of the Kiowa Tribe four years earlier, Johanna is 10 years old, with blonde hair, blue eyes, no knowledge of the English language and no desire to leave behind the Kiowa culture that she has adopted. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a 71-year-old widower and veteran of multiple early American wars, who takes on the responsibility of returning a girl, Johanna, to her extended family. Her newest historical-fiction novel, "News of the World," tells the story of Capt. ![]() Paulette Jiles, a New York Times best-selling author, has once again crafted a story of cinematic proportions with crystalline beauty. " NEWS OF THE WORLD ," by Paulette Jiles, William Morrow, $22.99, 209 pages (f) ![]()
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