True Grit (1968)

by Charles Portis

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In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some fast-talking, she convinces mean, one-eyed US Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn into going after the despicable outlaw with her.… (more)

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jstruzzi | Jan 14, 2022 |

> “… There will be expenses.” “I hope you don’t think I am going to keep you in whiskey.” “I don’t have to buy that, I confiscate it. You might try a little touch of it for your cold.” “No, thank you.” “This is the real article. It is double-rectified busthead from Madison County, aged in the keg. A little spoonful would do you a power of good.” “I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.” (

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breic | Nov 28, 2021 |

I think this will always be one of my favourite books. Brilliant, evocative, short. A tale about the cost of revenge, redemption and courage in a bleak, desperate frontier wilderness. The book has been made into film twice, the second version being the Coen brothers interpretation which brings it to technicolor life brilliantly (though with a few of their own quirky excerpts thrown in). I'm always buying new copies of the book because I've given so many away. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Portis, Charles	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Asmussen, Des	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Tartt, Donna	Afterword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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True Grit [2010 film] by Joel Coen

True Grit [1969 film] by Henry Hathaway

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Canonical title

True Grit

Original title

True Grit

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Lawyer J. Noble Daggett

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Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA

Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

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Related movies

True Grit (1969 | IMDb)

Rooster Cogburn (1975 | IMDb)

True Grit (2010 | IMDb)

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1968)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1968)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay Nominee (2010)

Oxford American Most Underrated Southern Books

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For my mother and father

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People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father's blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day.

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Dahl, Roald

Condon, Richard

Levin, Ira

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In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some fast-talking, she convinces mean, one-eyed US Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn into going after the despicable outlaw with her.

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