Author | Forrest Carter |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Western |
Published | 1973 [1] |
Publisher | Whippoorwill Publishers [2] |
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]
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.
Author | Forrest Carter |
---|---|
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Western |
Published | 1973 [1] |
Publisher | Whippoorwill Publishers [2] |
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]
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.