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An American Classic
Charles Portis, a veteran of the Marine Corps in the Korean War from Little Rock, Arkansas, worked as a newspaperman in Little Rock, Memphis, New York, and London, ending his newspaper career as London bureau chief for the New York Herald-Tribune. He also wrote for such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post before launching his career as a novelist with the incomparable Norwood. True Grit, his second book, is one of the true joys of American literature. I give it four stars rather than five because it may not be as significant, ultimately, as Huckleberry Finn or, say, Faulkner's The Hamlet. This is beside the point. True Grit will likely last as long as does this Republic. It is funny, scary, thrilling. How can a burr-head Marine like Portis channel Mattie Ross of Yell County, Arkansas, a fourteen-year-old girl bent on avenging her father's cowardly murder at the hands of the white-trash Tom Chaney? It's a mystery. The novel was made into a film, the only one for which John Wayne was awarded an Oscar, but don't let that fool you. This is a great book, one that will bear many rereadings.

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Wow!
When this book was assigned to me @ school, I was a little wary of how good it would be. This turned out to be a very nice read! I really liked the fact that, even though the author was male, he made Mattie such a great, strong character. Two thumbs up!

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wonderful!!!!
Ah, young Mattie. What a wonderful tale you have to tell. 'True Grit'is a work of rarity. Straight forward, brash, and honest, which is a description of the narrative and the narrator. Mattie is a strong and enduring character who is the perfect foil for Rooster and all the rowdies that populate the book. The only knock on the book is a lack of emotional connection with the characters. When there is danger, we are interested but not emotionally involved. This lack of feeling comes from the way the narrative is purposely given; in an unemotional and honest way. (Try to divorce from your mind the John Wayne icon as you read this novel).