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True Grit by Charles Portis (Review)

By William Nauenburg

Mar 26, 2020
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New York: Overlook Press, 2013
224 pp. $7.99 (Kindle)
Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2005
6 hours and 15 minutes, $9.79 (audiobook)

True Grit is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, Mattie Ross, and her quest to avenge her father’s murder. Told from the perspective of an older Ross reflecting on her adventure, the story shows the power of the good …

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