- Western stories, Death, Teenage girls, United States marshals
Mattie Ross is just fourteen years of age when 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 cash money. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory.
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- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Portis
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 213
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press, New American Library
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781590204597
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