true grit, by charles portis 1870s. Mattie Ross recounts when, at age fourteen, she hired one-eyed U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn and she, Cogburn, and Texas ranger LaBoeuf tracked her father's murderer from Arkansas into Indian Territory. 2004 afterword by Donna Tartt. Basis for 1969 and 2010 movies. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1968. Don the curmudgeon has spoken. dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx