True Grit
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- Synopsis
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Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers.
True Grit, his most famous novel, was first published in 1968, and became the basis for the movie starring John Wayne.
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.
- Copyright:
- 1968
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781590206508
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781468313154, 9781590204597
- Publisher:
- PENGUIN group
- Date of Addition:
- 04/17/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Charles Portis Afterword
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Westerns, Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Seventh grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.