True Grit
Paperback, 235 pages
Alternate Cover for
ISBN 159020459X
(ISBN13: 9781590204597)
ISBN 159020459X
(ISBN13: 9781590204597)
Published November 5th 2010 by The Overlook Press
"True Grit" is an adventure
story and is over forty years
old. It was first published in
1968.
story and is over forty years
old. It was first published in
1968.
The plot of True Grit is uncomplicated.
The opening paragraph sets up the
premise of the novel.
The opening paragraph sets up the
premise of the novel.
A fourteen-year-old girl, Mattie Ross
leaves home to avenge her father's
blood. Tom Chaney shot her father
and robbed him of his life and his
horse, $150 in cash money plus two
California gold pieces that he
carried in his trouser band.
leaves home to avenge her father's
blood. Tom Chaney shot her father
and robbed him of his life and his
horse, $150 in cash money plus two
California gold pieces that he
carried in his trouser band.
Movie fans will call to mind the
aging John Wayne who famously
portrayed Rooster Cogburn on the
screen, however the Rooster of the
novel is somewhat younger, in his
late forties, a fat, one-eyed character
with a walrus mustache, unwashed,
drunk much of the time.
aging John Wayne who famously
portrayed Rooster Cogburn on the
screen, however the Rooster of the
novel is somewhat younger, in his
late forties, a fat, one-eyed character
with a walrus mustache, unwashed,
drunk much of the time.
Mattie having survived her
youthful adventure, is recounting
her story as an old woman.
The book reads less like a novel
and more like a firsthand account:
the Wild West of the 1870s,
as recollected in a spinster's
memory and filtered through the
sedate sepia tones of the early
1900s. (Afterword)
youthful adventure, is recounting
her story as an old woman.
The book reads less like a novel
and more like a firsthand account:
the Wild West of the 1870s,
as recollected in a spinster's
memory and filtered through the
sedate sepia tones of the early
1900s. (Afterword)
I have never seen the movies, True
Grit, of which the 2011 movie stars
Jeff Bridges, as Rooster Cogburn.
However the book is back in print.
Grit, of which the 2011 movie stars
Jeff Bridges, as Rooster Cogburn.
However the book is back in print.
I enjoyed this book and gave it
4****.
I own this book.
4****.
I own this book.
Gigi Ann, I've heard of this story but have not read it. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. :)
ReplyDeleteI was never a real John Wayne fan, but I did like the first True Grit movie - haven't seen the new one yet. I read part of this one back when it was first issued, but never finished it for some reason. Maybe I'll try to find my copy and give it another try.
ReplyDeleteI need to read this book as the movie was freaking fantastic!
ReplyDeletesounds good Gigi Ann.
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