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True Grit
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True Grit
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: Donna Tartt
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,710
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Performance6,351
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Story6,351
Mattie Ross, a 14-year-old girl from Dardanelle, Arkansas, sets out to avenge her Daddy who was shot to death by a no-good outlaw. Mattie convinces one-eyed "Rooster" Cogburn, the meanest U.S. marshal in the land, to ride along with her. In True Grit, we have a true American classic, as young...
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So worth it!
- By Tommygaus on 12-29-10
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True Grit
- Narrated by: Donna Tartt
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 06-07-06
- Language: English
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Escape Velocity
- A Charles Portis Miscellany
- By: Charles Portis, Jay Jennings - editor
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
Best known for his glorious comic novels—including the American classic True Grit—Charles Portis was also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter. Now, for the first time, these writings—journalism, short fiction, memoir, travel stories, and even a play—have been...
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"today I'm changing the oil in my truck"
- By J. Roberts on 03-18-26
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Escape Velocity
- A Charles Portis Miscellany
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 05-03-22
- Language: English
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The Dog of the South
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall513
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Performance462
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Story460
From Charles Portis, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Grit, The Dog of the South is a novel about a husband on a crazy road trip pursuing his runaway wife. Ray Midge is waiting for his credit card bill to arrive. His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray’s...
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America's Gogol
- By Darwin8u on 03-21-16
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The Dog of the South
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-16-12
- Language: English
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Norwood
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall180
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Performance159
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Story158
An American literary treasure, Charles Portis penned the Western classic True Grit. Set in the 1960s, Norwood is a picaresque romp taking audiences on a journey from Texas to New York and back again. An ex-marine, troubadour Norwood Pratt is on a mission to recover money he once loaned to a...
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Oddball Odyssey
- By Rick on 03-30-17
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Norwood
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-13-13
- Language: English
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Gringos
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance68
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Story68
With an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd details that comprise your average American, Charles Portis brings to life Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American living in Mexico. For a time, Jimmy spent his days unearthing pre-Columbian artifacts. Now he makes a living doing small trucking jobs and...
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A modern Mark Twain
- By Patrick King on 06-29-23
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Gringos
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-03-22
- Language: English
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Masters of Atlantis
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall54
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Performance47
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Story48
Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended...
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Bold characters. Flights of fancy. A fun send-up cult wackos that has special relevance today.
- By whistleblower on 07-04-24
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Masters of Atlantis
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-10-22
- Language: English
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