True Grit

Book Details

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Author(s):

Charles Portis

First Pub:

1968

Genre(s):

Fiction; Western

First Read:

2020

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

2816

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

For my mother and father

First Sentence:

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.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

This ends my true account of how I avenged Frank Ross's blood over in the Choctaw Nation when snow was on the ground.

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Added: 22-Apr-2020

Last Updated: 22-Apr-2020

07-Jun-2006

Recorded Books

Book on CD

Date Issued:

07-Jun-2006

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$11.99

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 22 Apr 2020 - 22 Apr 2020

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2194

Publisher:

Recorded Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Donna Tartt - Narration

From amazon.com:

Mattie Ross, a fourteen-year-old girl from Dardanelle, Arkansas, sets out to avenge her Daddy who was shot to death by a no-good outlaw. Mattie convinces one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest U.S. marshal in the land, to ride along with her. In True Grit, we have a true American classic, as young Mattie as vital as she is innocent outdickers and outmaneuvers the hard-bitten men of the trail in a legend that will last through the ages.

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Notes and Comments:

07-Jun-2006
Recorded Books
Book on CD

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Author(s)

Charles Portis
Birth: 28 Dec 1933 El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
Death: 17 Feb 2020 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

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