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The novel is narrated by Mattie Ross, churchgoing elderly spinster distinguished by intelligence, independence, and strength of mind. She recounts the story of her adventures fifty years earlier, in 1878, when she undertook a quest to avenge her father's murder by a drifter named Tom Chaney.
Nov 5, 2010 · True Grit: A Novel. Paperback – November 5, 2010. by Charles Portis (Author), Donna Tartt (Afterword) 4.7 6,755 ratings. See all formats and editions. #1 New York Times bestseller. “An epic and a legend” —Washington Post. “Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” —Boston Globe.
True Grit follows a young girl full of ‘grit’, setting out to bring her father’s murderer to justice. Mattie Ross in the year 1878 is searching for Tom Chaney, the man who worked for her father then shot him.
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Aug 28, 2007 · 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.
Nov 5, 2010 · 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 cult status, this is an American classic through and through.
Dec 25, 2020 · True Grit is his most famous novel -- first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It 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 ...
Aug 22, 2022 · True Grit. by. Charles Portis. Publication date. 1969. Publisher. The New American Library. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
The #1 New York Times bestselling classic frontier adventure novel, with over two million copies in print. 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.
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