| The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales | |
| 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.