True Grit by Charles PortisRequirements: .ePUB reader, 609KBOverview: In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can’t go alone after a desperado who’s holed up in Indian territory. […]
True Grit by Charles Portis Narrated by Donna TarttRequirements: .MP3 reader, 154.5 MB 6 hrs and 15 minsOverview: 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 […]
Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany by Charles Portis, Jay Jennings (Ed)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 2,8 MBOverview: Though Charles Portis is best known for his fiction writing, he is also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter. Collected here in Escape Velocity, edited by Jay Jennings, is his "miscellany" –– journalism, short fiction, memoir, and […]
Norwood by Charles PortisRequirements: .MP3 reader, 228.22 MBOverview: 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 […]
The Dog of the South by Charles Portis (.MP3)Requirements: .MP3 reader, 199.38 MB Overview: The Dog of the South is the story of Ray Midge as he tracks down his wife, Norma, who has run off with her first husband, by following credit card receipts (his credit card!). Midge starts out in Norma’s lover’s compact […]