True Grit universe

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Western setting fictional universe

The True Grit universe is the fictional Western setting that encompasses the characters, locations, and frontier adventures originating from Charles Portis’s novel "True Grit" and its related adaptations and continuations.

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True Grit film series 1
True Grit universe canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western setting ⓘ
fictional universe ⓘ
adaptedInto 1969 film True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
2010 film True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn novel True Grit ⓘ
centralTheme coming of age ⓘ
courage ⓘ
frontier justice ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
containsElement frontier law enforcement ⓘ
gunfights ⓘ
horseback travel ⓘ
outlaw gangs ⓘ
creator Charles Portis NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance True Grit (1968 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Western fiction ⓘ
includesLocation Choctaw Nation (Indian Territory) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Smith, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontier towns and outlaw hideouts ⓘ
includesOrganization U.S. Marshals Service (fictionalized depiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesWork 1969 film True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
2010 film True Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
True Grit (1968 serialized version in The Saturday Evening Post) NERFINISHED ⓘ
novel True Grit ⓘ
languageStyle archaic and biblically inflected dialogue in the novel ⓘ
literaryReputation classic of American Western literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration by Mattie Ross in the novel ⓘ
notableCharacter LaBoeuf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucky Ned Pepper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mattie Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Chaney NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePortrayalOfCharacter Mattie Ross portrayed by Hailee Steinfeld GENERATED ⓘ
Mattie Ross portrayed by Kim Darby GENERATED ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn portrayed by Jeff Bridges GENERATED ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn portrayed by John Wayne GENERATED ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
primaryLocation Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMedium literature ⓘ
settingPeriod late 19th century American Old West ⓘ
tone dark humor ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ

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True Grit: A Further Adventure → hasFictionalUniverse → True Grit universe ⓘ
Rooster Cogburn → partOfFranchise → True Grit universe ⓘ
subject surface form: Rooster Cogburn (film)
this entity surface form: True Grit film series