The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales

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The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales
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Author Forrest Carter
Language English
Genre Western
Published1973 [1]
PublisherWhippoorwill 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]

Contents

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. 1 2 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 January 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Weinraub, Bernard (December 17, 1997). "Movie With a Murky Background: The Man Who Wrote the Book". The New York Times . Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The education of Little Fraud". Salon.com . December 20, 2001. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Warnerbros.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.


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