Winding StairBy: Douglas C. Jones Winding Stair is True Grit for grown ups A significant and highly entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American West.The New York Times Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory,