they say he has grit...i wanted a man with grit...

seriously one of the best books i've read in years. it was told so candidly through the eyes of a tough, determined little girl. i say little, but 14 wasn't so young back in the days of cowboys and texas rangers and mattie ross.

i can't get over how determined she was to avenge her father's death. she didn't stop until she got exactly what she wanted- first, the help of rooster cogburn; then, ownership of her brave little pony, blackie; and finally, the life of the man that killed her father. she even endured a nest of rattlesnakes.

not sure i could do that, but i AM pretty sure that mattie ross was the one with true grit...