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True Grit

Written by: Charles Portis
Narrated by: Donna Tartt
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 Mattie Ross, a 14-year-old girl from Dardanelle, Arkansas, sets out to avenge her Daddy who was shot to death by a no-good outlaw. Mattie convinces one-eyed "Rooster" Cogburn, the meanest U.S. marshal in the land, to ride along with her. In True Grit, we have a true American classic, as young Mattie, as vital as she is innocent, outdickers and outmaneuvers the hard-bitten men of the trail in a legend that will last through the ages.©1968 Charles Portis (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC Genre Fiction Mystery Fiction

What the critics say

"Charles Portis is perhaps the most original, indescribable sui generis talent overlooked by literary culture in America." ( Esquire)
“Tom Wolfe, who worked with Portis as a reporter at the New York Herald-Tribune in the early 1960s called him – the original laconic cutup. A generation of novelists since then have simply regarded him as a writers-writer and have made his name a sort of secret password. Soon, they’ll no longer have him to themselves.” ( Rolling Stone Magazine)
“Like Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Thomas Berger’s Little Big Man, Charles Portis’s True Grit captures the nanve elegance of the American voice.” (Jonathan Lethem)
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The bickering between the characters was what made this good listen. The voices was great. The storey was fine. A regular storey you would expect in a western.

Great dialogue

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I don't have a bad thing to say about this audiobook. I enjoyed every minute of it. The narrator is wonderful. You will fall in love with Mattie Ross!

"The wicked flee when none pursueth"

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just loved it will definitely read it again and keep it on hand, to read to others

just loved it will read it again

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This is a great book with truly spectacular narration. It’s a Western, written in the 1950s, but taking place in the 1870s. It is set in Arkansas and the narrator has a wonderful voice, which she switches up for the different characters and accents.

One of the greatest audiobooks I’ve encountered

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If you liked the movie you will like this book. Just too bad narrator didn't add more emotion to the exciting parts. This is one of those stories you can listen to again.

Awesome

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Donna Tartt's essay at the end says it all and should be made available in its' entirely as the sample preview for this book. Forget the movies, take a chance, read or listen to this story.

A true American classic.

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Fantastic story and great narration! You could tell the narrator holds a lot of reverence towards this book and put her heart and soul into it. She did a mighty fine job, and as a bonus her accent was perfect for it too. This is one of those classic stories that everyone should read, it was that good! Listening to this audiobook made a recent road trip through the mountains even better. Super enjoyable experience.

“People do not give it credence that a 14yr old girl could avenge her father’s blood”

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This is a very good western which rises close to great because of the superb job done by the narrator Donna Tartt.

Great narration makes the story

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So much better than the movie. Maddie Ross is wonderful.
Narration first rate
A trreat!

Not to be missed!

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I came late to the wonderful wordsmithing of Charles Portis, but better late than never. This is a fantastic book of storytelling. I can see myself returning to this book again and reading it out loud to my grandchildren. The narration by Donna Tartt is excellent as is her concluding essay in the audiobook. Please read or listen, you will not regret it.

Deservedly, a classic

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