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It is 1870 and Captain Kidd travels through Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. A widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his solitary existence. In Wichita Falls, he is offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in San Antonio... A brilliant historical novel that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. Soon to be a major movie starring Tom Hanks.