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Enthralling story that depicts post-Civil War Texas and chronicles a 400-mile journey to return a young girl to her family.
Johanna was six years old when she was taken captive by members of the Kiowa tribe. Now 10, the U.S. Army has rescued her and charged former-army captain-turned-traveling-newsreader Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd with the task of returning her to her biological family. She's not a willing companion, however, having lost touch with her biological roots. Amid the lawlessness fron ...more
Johanna was six years old when she was taken captive by members of the Kiowa tribe. Now 10, the U.S. Army has rescued her and charged former-army captain-turned-traveling-newsreader Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd with the task of returning her to her biological family. She's not a willing companion, however, having lost touch with her biological roots. Amid the lawlessness fron ...more
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This book took me a while to get into. Then, it went on sale on Audible for $1.95, so I tried listening rather than reading and it was perfect. (It is a book club book, otherwise, I might not have tried the Audible version). The Narrator made the book. His voice was just like it should have been for the main character. This is the story of a man in his 70s who goes around reading the news of the world to different cities. Many people can't read, so this is a great service. They pay him $0.10 to
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It took me a while to get into the story. Once I did, it was a heartwarming story of an old man and a little girl that was taken captive by Indians learning from and adapting to each other to survive. I did really miss quotation marks around dialogue though!
Slow moving. There is some movement at the very end, not a complete surprise, but the story might have been better if that had occurred earlier and the story could have reflected on it.
Upcoming Tom Hanks movie
A short, interesting book. I never knew about traveling the west reading the news to others. I also never knew how greatly captives of Native Americans were affected, and maintained their Indian ways, even when living with the tribes for less than a year.
A short, interesting book. I never knew about traveling the west reading the news to others. I also never knew how greatly captives of Native Americans were affected, and maintained their Indian ways, even when living with the tribes for less than a year.
Loved it more the second time.
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