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Book Review of True Grit

True Grit
True Grit
Author: Charles Portis
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I read this book in high school (1970s) and loved it for portraying an adolescent girl as a Wild West hero. At that time, it was mostly about the gunslinger and cowboy, never about women or girls.