{"product_id":"true-grit-thomas-doherty-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Doherty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826370233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826370235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2026 pg. 105","brand":"Thomas Doherty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665276965119,"sku":"9780826370235","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d6a830e-08a7-400c-8e6e-14bb47672467.jpg?v=1792011085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/true-grit-thomas-doherty-9780826370235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}