The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales

The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales
Author Forrest Carter
Country United States
Language English
Genre Western
Published 1972[1]
Publisher Whippoorwill Publishers[1]

The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales is a 1972 American Western novel (also republished in 1975 as Gone to Texas)[1] written by Forrest Carter that was adapted into the film The Outlaw Josey Wales directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.[2][3] The novel was republished in 1975 under the title Gone to Texas.[4]

Wales was portrayed by Michael Parks in the 1986 sequel to the film The Return of Josey Wales.[5]

Plot

Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, seeks vengeance when his family is murdered by a gang of Unionists in the final days of the American Civil War.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Neal Luther, Joseph (2012). Camp Verde: Texas Frontier Defense. p. 177.
  2. ↑ The New York Times
  3. ↑ Salon
  4. ↑ Warner Bros.
  5. ↑ The New York Times


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