News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
Taste attributes: westernadventuredramahistoricalheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeRealistic and stirring: a western that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Paulette Jiles
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 232
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- Open Library
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