“Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force.” “How to describe the indescribable? Probably the best description I can give of True Grit is that I’ve never given it to any reader - male or female, of any age or sensibility - who didn’t enjoy it.” True Grit is a selection of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Library. The Young Readers Edition includes the complete text of True Grit, an afterword by Leonard S. An instant bestseller and critical success upon its first publication and the basis for two highly praised, award-winning films, True Grit is an American classic through and through.
What happens―to Mattie, to the gang of outlaws unfortunate enough to tangle with her, to Rooster and the swaggering Texas Ranger LeBoeuf―rings with the dramatic rightness of legend. As Mattie outdickers and outmaneuvers the hard-bitten types in her path, her vitality and resourcefulness amuse, impress, and touch the reader. Marshal, and pursue the killer into Indian Territory.
Determined to avenge the killing, Mattie enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots down her father in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. The Young Readers Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, with over two million copies in print, is now available for a whole new generation of Portis fans, complete with the full text of the classic novel, a new afterword, and a readers guide.
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