{"product_id":"true-grit","title":"True Grit: A Novel by Charles Portis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An epic and a legend.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Quite simply, an American masterpiece.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charles Portis had a wonderful talent--original, quirky, exciting.\" --Larry McMurtry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's most enduring and incomparable literary voices, and his novels have left an indelible mark on the American canon. \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e, his most famous novel, was first published in 1968, and has garnered critical acclaim as well as enthusiastic praise from countless passionate fans for more than fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis story of danger and adventure in the old west became the basis for two award-winning films, the first starring John Wayne, in his Oscar-winning role, as Marshall Rooster Cogburn, and the widely praised remake by the Coen brothers, starring Jeff Bridges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father's blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available US Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off into Indian Territory after the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading. Not just a classic Western, but an undeniable classic of American literature as eccentric, cool, funny, and unflinching as Mattie Ross herself. For fans of either the John Wayne classic or the more recent Coen brothers' movie, it's a chance to relive the story of Mattie and Rooster and experience their story as it was originally told. For fans of taut, funny storytelling, it will be a joy to experience in its original form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an afterword by bestselling author Donna Tartt (\u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Goldfinch\u003c\/i\u003e) and a reading group guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Rollicking . . . a beaut narrated in the unforgettable voice of Mattie Ross . . . Portis has crazy-cool literary swagger.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Charles Portis is an original, indescribable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esui generis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e talent . . . Rereading Portis is one of the great pure pleasures--both visceral and cerebral--available in modern American literature.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsquire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Charles Portis's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures the naive elegance of the American Voice.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It's possible that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the genuine article--a book so strong that it reads as myth.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Portis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1933-2020) lived most of his life in Arkansas, where he was born and raised. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, which in 2018 awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and was a writer for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is the author of four other novels, also available from the Overlook Press: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dog of the South\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasters of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGringos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A selection of his writing has been collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45930168778938,"sku":"9781590204597","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_5a0b357b-355d-4c56-9b22-75ff3b57dca7.jpg?v=1780201231","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/true-grit","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}