True Grit (novel)

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Western novel novel

True Grit is a 1968 Western novel by Charles Portis that follows a determined 14-year-old girl seeking to avenge her father's murder with the help of a tough U.S. Marshal.

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Label Occurrences
True Grit 8
True Grit (novel) canonical 3
True Grit (1968 novel) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto True Grit (1969 film) ⓘ
True Grit (2010 film) ⓘ
ageOfProtagonist 14 ⓘ
author Charles Portis ⓘ
centralTheme coming of age ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
containsElement frontier justice ⓘ
journey narrative ⓘ
pursuit of an outlaw ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter LaBoeuf ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn ⓘ
surface form: Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn

Tom Chaney ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
follows Mattie Ross seeking to avenge her father’s murder ⓘ
genre Western fiction ⓘ
adventure fiction ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ
hasCharacterRole Texas Ranger ⓘ
surface form: LaBoeuf is a Texas Ranger

Rooster Cogburn ⓘ
surface form: Rooster Cogburn is a tough U.S. Marshal

Tom Chaney is the murderer of Mattie Ross’s father ⓘ
hasLiteraryReputation American classic Western novel ⓘ
literaryStyle deadpan humor ⓘ
plainspoken prose ⓘ
mainCharacter LaBoeuf ⓘ
Mattie Ross ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person narration ⓘ
narrator Mattie Ross ⓘ
notableFor strong female protagonist in a Western setting ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Mattie Ross ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setInPeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
setting Arkansas ⓘ
Indian Territory ⓘ
timeSetting late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

True Grit (2010 film) → basedOn → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
True Grit: A Further Adventure → isSequelTo → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
True Grit: A Further Adventure → follows → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Harold Brent Wallis → notableWork → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Marguerite Roberts → notableWork → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Charles Portis → notableWork → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Tom Chaney → appearsIn → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Tom Chaney → firstAppearance → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
Tom Chaney → appearsInAdaptationOf → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit (novel by Charles Portis)
Mattie Ross → appearsIn → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit
Mattie Ross → appearsIn → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit (1968 novel)
Mattie Ross → firstAppearance → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit (serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, 1968)
True Grit (1969 film) → basedOn → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
True Grit (1969 film) → originalSongTitle → True Grit (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: True Grit