The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales

The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales

Author	Forrest Carter
Language	English
Genre	Western
Published	1973[1]
Publisher	Whippoorwill Publishers[2]
Publication place	United States
OCLC	811595

The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales is a 1973 American Western novel (also titled Gone to Texas in later editions)[1] written by Asa Earl Carter (under the pen name Forrest Carter). It was adapted into the film The Outlaw Josey Wales directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.[3][4] The novel was republished in 1975 under the title Gone to Texas.[5]

Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the 1986 sequel to the film The Return of Josey Wales.[6]

Plot

Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, seeks vengeance when his family is murdered by a gang of Unionists during the American Civil War by joining a band of Confederate guerrillas. At the war's end, he refuses to surrender to the victorious Northern forces and instead becomes an outlaw. He then sets out to make a new life for himself, all while trying to outrun the men seeking to hunt him down.

References

1. Carter, Forrest (1975). "edition notice". Gone to Texas. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-440-04565-7. OCLC 1093494.
2. "OCLC initial record for The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
3. Weinraub, Bernard (17 December 1997). "Movie With a Murky Background: The Man Who Wrote the Book". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
4. "The education of Little Fraud". Salon.com. 20 December 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
5. "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Warnerbros.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
6. "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

External links

• Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter at the Internet Archive