blake on Dec 5, 2011 20:44:47 (amazon.com) 
jones on Feb 19, 2011 19:18:32 (buy.com) Adapted for the screen in critically acclaimed versions starring John Wayne and later Jeff Bridges, Charles Portis's TRUE GRIT (1968) tells a classic American story of friendship, loyalty, and revenge. When a no-good man kills her father and steals his horse and a small amount of money, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross wants something done about it. Out in wild, frontier Arkansas, however, no one seems to care. So Mattie takes things into her own hands, hiring the U.S. Marshal with the nastiest reputation, Rooster Cogburn, to help her hunt down her man. In need of cash, the one-eyed marshal reluctantly agrees to her terms, and the odd pair set off on a true adventure--with a Texas Ranger close on their heels.
