TRUE GRIT is our novel and movie for this term.

To have "true grit" is to have real courage.

The novel is available in a new edition from August 27. Here is the link at Amazon.

November 9: A version of the screenplay is here.

Our main characters:

Miss Mattie Ross

US Marshall Rooster Cogburn

Texas Ranger La Boeuf

Lucky Ned Pepper

For more information on the movie:

IMDB

True Grit

Amazon.com

True Grit

Wikipedia

True Grit