SUMMARY: True Grit, first published in 1968 and the basis for the movie by the same name starring John Wayne, tells the story of fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross. A coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in c
True Grit
✍ Scribed by Portis, Charles
- Book ID
- 110098306
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 470 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9782268070575
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✦ Synopsis
La jeune Mattie Ross, 14 ans, veut venger son père, assassiné par son contremaître pour quelques pièces d'or. Pour l'aider, elle engage Rooster Cogburn, un shérif borgne aux manières désinvoltes et expéditives. Un fringant Texas ranger appelé « LaBœuf » est aussi intéressé par sa capture et tente de rallier Cogburn à sa cause. La candide Mattie arrivera-t-elle à ses fins ?
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Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost comic writers._True Grit_ is his most famous novel--first published in 1968, and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going