Charles Portis
1) True grit
Author
Formats
Description
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers. True Grit is the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Academy Award® winning 2010 version starring Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers.
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
2) True grit
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross, determined to avenge her father's blood, enlists the help of one-eyed U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, to track down Tom Chaney, the man who killed him.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A rough-edged deputy marshall teams up with a strait-laced missionary to track down a band of murdering bank robbers. During the pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty reverend's daughter.