News of the World Movie Tie-in: A Novel

Author: Paulette Jiles Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Now a Major Motion Picture It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings 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...Read more