Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

News of the world (Record no. 89468)

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2015041173
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780062409201
Qualifying information hardcover
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0062409204
Qualifying information hardcover
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)913135735
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number Jil
Item number 2
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number Jil
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jiles, Paulette
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title News of the world
Remainder of title a novel
Statement of responsibility, etc Paulette Jiles.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc William Morrow
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 213 pages
Dimensions 20 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note National Book Award Finalist
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. 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 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"--
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note 104247
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Voyages and travels
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Widowers
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Orphans
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Kiowa Indians
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fiction / Historical.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fiction / Literary.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fiction / General.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 19th century
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Fiction
Source of classification or shelving scheme
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