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True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through. This mass-market edition includes an afterword by award-winning Donna Tartt, author of The Little Friend and The Secret History.
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True Grit, Charles Portis
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- True Grit
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charles Portis
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1468306294
- ISBN13
- 9781468306293
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Adventure, Family, Classics, Suspense, USA, Murders, American Literature, Filmthema, Wild West, Adapted for Film, America, Revenge, Native Americans, Courage, Adapted into Series, Court, Court Trials, Hunts, Oklahoma
- First published
- 1968
- Original title
- True Grit
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through. This mass-market edition includes an afterword by award-winning Donna Tartt, author of The Little Friend and The Secret History.