''The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales'' is a 1973 American

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novel (also titled ''Gone to Texas'' in later editions) written by

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(under the pen name Forrest Carter). It was adapted into the film ''

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'' directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The novel was republished in 1975 under the title ''Gone to Texas''. Wales was portrayed by

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in the

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sequel to the film ''

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''.

Plot

Josey Wales, a

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farmer, seeks vengeance when his family is murdered by a gang of Unionists during the

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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

External links

*
Gone to Texas
' by Forrest Carter at the

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