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True Grit

by Charles Portis · 1968 · 215 pages

Anthony Bourdain
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Anthony Bourdain

About This Book

In the 1870s, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross seeks to avenge her father's murder by enlisting the help of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. Accompanied by a Texas Ranger, they pursue the killer into dangerous Indian Territory. The novel is a classic American Western narrated by Mattie from her perspective as an elderly woman.

Book Details

Published

1968

Pages

215

Language

en

ISBN

9781585673698

Awards & Recognition

Oxford American Lifetime Achievement in Southern Literature AwardPorter Prize Lifetime Achievement Award

Audiobook Available

6h 15m
Narrated by Donna Tartt

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