Captain Kidd takes her to a whore house to prepare her for the journey. And Johanna is not a civilised white child, she is a hellion.
The child seems artificial as well as malign.Ĭaptain Kidd takes up the task of transporting Johanna to her relatives. She considers herself Kiowa and refers to herself as Cicada. Johanna Leonberger is a 10-year-old child, who was captured by a Kiowa raiding party when she was 6 years old after they had killed her parents and her sister. He is content with life and enjoys his time travelling alone all over giving readings.Īfter a reading in Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a girl, Johanna, to her relatives in San Antonio. Captain Kidd is an elderly widower with two grown daughters who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them.
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is someone who travels through northern Texas and gives readings from newspapers to audiences who pay.
News of the World is a story about a senior gentleman and a 10-year-old girl, set in 1870. For a small book (200-something pages) it packs a huge punch.
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