![]() ![]() His profession pays little, and Kidd is also struggling with family problems: his daughters are still living in war-torn Georgia, and he has yet to reclaim land in Texas that once belonged to his late wife, the daughter of Spanish landowners.Ĭaptain Kidd purchases an old traveling wagon and sets off with the girl. Captain Kidd makes his living as a news reader, traveling between towns and charging a dime per person to read aloud from newspapers. ![]() Kidd agrees to take the girl to Castroville, Texas, where her aunt and uncle live. The girl is entrusted to freedman Britt Johnson, who then hands her over to his acquaintance, 71-year-old Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War. ![]() Kiowa raiders had killed her family and taken her hostage, eventually raising her as one of their own with the Kiowa name Cicada. The book opens in 1870 on the wild border between Texas and Indian Territory, where a 10-year-old girl has been released after four years of captivity. News of the World is a 2016 American Western novel by Paulette Jiles. ![]()
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