{"product_id":"true-grit-9780826370235","title":"True Grit","description":"\u003cb\u003ePreeminent film historian Thomas Doherty explores the blockbuster 1969 film adaptation of the Charles Portis novel \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e, which stars John Wayne in his only Oscar-winning performance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year 1969 was a tipping point for Hollywood cinema and a good year for Westerns. In 1968 the censorious Production Code was eliminated. American cinema responded immediately with a spree of theretofore unseen and unimaginable transgressions--one of which arrived in Henry Hathaway's adaptation of Charles Portis's best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit \u003c\/i\u003efeatured blunt language (\"Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!\") and bloody imagery that would not have been permissible just a couple of years earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Doherty, one of the foremost film historians writing today, walks readers through Charles Portis's source novel and its adaptation for the screen, the role of women in a genre often considered antithetical to their presence, and the figure of John Wayne, the Western icon whose public stance as a spokesman for the political right was merging with and complicating his screen persona. While noting its continued appeal for modern audiences, he presents \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit \u003c\/i\u003eas a pure product of its time, on the cusp of the Old and New Hollywoods, containing elements of both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826370235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2026 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Doherty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53514294919349,"sku":"9780826370235","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780826370235.jpg?v=1791903465","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/true-grit-9780826370235","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}