News of the World

I chose this book because I heard about the story line on a podcast and for the following reasons: 1) It take place in Texas, post-Civil War Texas … yeah, I am a snob about that. 2) Its historical fiction with a protagonist loosely based on a real guy with character and substance. 3) The other main character is a little girl who had been captured by a Kiowa raiding party. Full disclosure, my 2x great grandmother Anna Metzge was captured by Co...read more

Also finished News of the World. Much better book than the movie. Interesting story set just after the Civil War. About a traveling news reader who takes on the task of transporting a white girl who was rescued from native Americans back to her family. Very good story. Check out this book on Goodreads: News of the World https://goodreads.com/book/show/25817493-news-of-the-world

An absorbing, touching read that transported me back in time and left me emotionally invested, happily satisfied, and with so many compelling topics to further explore. The author suggests one topic in particular - "the psychology of children captured and adopted by Native American tribes on the frontier...should read Scott Zesch's book The Captured. It is excellent." What happened to these children that even when captured and held for a less th...read more

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has fought in three wars, starting with the War of 1812 when he was just barely 16. Now, in 1870, he travels across Texas bringing the inhabitants news of distant places. He reads from newspapers from Philadelphia to India to London, and steers clear of politics as best he can.

On a pass through Northern Texas, he is entrusted with a young girl, recently rescued from the Kiowa, after having been abducted four years ea...read more

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