Paulette Jiles' News of the World takes place in late 19th century Texas. Much of the state's land was untamed and rugged, but in this time between the end of the Reconstruction and the beginning of the Progressive Era, Texas changed and grew, as did much of the western frontier and the New South. News of the World – Paulette Jiles $ ISBN News of the World - Paulette Jiles quantity. Add to cart. SKU: Category: Books. Description Reviews (0) Soon to be a Major Motion Picture. National Book Award Finalist—Fiction. NEWS OF THE WORLD by PAULETTE JILES was a uniquely written historical fiction novel that takes you on a mile long adventurous and sometimes dangerous journey across the state of Texas in after the American Civil War/5.
Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas. Buy News of the World: A Novel by Jiles, Paulette from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. News of the World: A Novel: bltadwin.ru: Jiles, Paulette: Books. Paulette Jiles' News of the World takes place in late 19th century Texas. Much of the state's land was untamed and rugged, but in this time between the end of the Reconstruction and the beginning of the Progressive Era, Texas changed and grew, as did much of the western frontier and the New South. It was the era of cotton, cattle and railroads.
Book choice is News of the World by Paulette Jiles “Set in post-Civil War Texas, Paulette Jiles’ latest novel, News of the World, tells the story of year-old Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd and his unlikely ward, a year-old girl rescued by the U.S. Army from Kiowa Indian capture.” ~ Washington Independent Review. NEWS OF THE WORLD. by Paulette Jiles ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 4, In post–Civil War Texas, a year-old girl makes an odyssey back to her aunt and uncle’s home after living with the Kiowa warriors who had killed her parents four years earlier. Johanna Leonberger remembers almost nothing of her first 6 years, when she lived with her parents. Set in Texas, shortly after the American Civil War, Paulette Giles’ ‘News of the World’ introduces the reader to septuagenarian Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, now retired from the US Army, who earns his living by performing readings from newspapers to audiences keen to learn more about what is happening in the wider world and are prepared to pay for it.
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