Publication

1998 - G.K. Hall, Thorndike, Me, Maine

Language

English

Word Count

60,750 words, Guess

Page Count

243 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100783883668
  • ISBN-139780783883663
  • LibraryThing3742863
  • Library of Congress Control Number97032573
  • Better World Books9780783883663
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Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3566.O663 T78 1998
  • LCCPS3566.O663T78 1998

Description

True Grit is Charles Portis' most famous novel--first published in 1968. 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 money. 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 cult status, this is an American classic through and through.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Series Statement

  • G.K. Hall large print perennial bestseller series

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  • True gritG.K. Hall1998-01-01
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