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True Grit by Charles Portis first appeared as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post. After it gained popularity, Portis later re-issued it in book form with a slightly reworked storyline. In 1969, True Grit was adapted for the screen as an American Western film starring John Wayne, which spawned a sequel in 1975 entitled Rooster Cogburn. Another adaptation, also called True Grit, was made in 2010 by the Coen Brothers, starring Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn.
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