Subtitle True | Grit

The man who shot her father had fled into the Choctaw Nation, a place where the law was thin and the shadows were long. Mattie knew she couldn't go alone, but she didn't want just any lawman. She wanted the one they called "the meanest"—a one-eyed, whiskey-soaked U.S. Marshal named Rooster Cogburn . He was a man of grit, the kind of grit that didn't wash off with soap or regret. The Bargain of Blood

Mattie lost her arm to the bite, and Cogburn disappeared back into the haze of the frontier. Years later, Mattie looked back on that cold winter. She never married, and she never found another man with the "true grit" of the marshal who saved her. She learned early that independence is a lonely road, but it’s the only one worth riding if you mean to keep your soul. subtitle True Grit

: Cogburn didn't take cover. He took his reins in his teeth, a revolver in each hand, and charged across the open field against four armed men. The man who shot her father had fled