I have a copy of both the movies done on josey wales yes, there were two, one of forrest carters gone to texas and the other based on his second book the vengeance trail of josey wales. The writings and movie about josie wales are based on the real bushwhacker, bill wilson. The outlaw josey wales is a sneaky kind of sleeper novel. At first it didnt seem to be affecting me, but before i knew it, it was over, and i was eager to revisit the characters. Entitled the rebel outlaw josey wales, it made compulsive readinga slick blend of antigovernment rhetoric and the sort of ambiguous morality that had made eastwood famous in his earlier westerns. Josey wales is carters heroic character based on several missouri mountain men who. Most of the answers here are correct, although partially. When you see josey after he has walked out of the general store, he does not have the picture in his hand.
Josey wales is a fictional character created by author forrest carter, for his 1973 novel the rebel outlaw. Order of forrest carter books forrest carter is the pen name of american author and political speechwriter asa earl carter 19251979. When josey was in the general store picking up supplies with the indian man and women, josey was handed a picture of slim fixin. Fall into a king size bed and wake to a southwest view facing the chocolate cliffs.
Josey wales, and gone to texas which i think also contains the one sequel, josey wales. The film was adapted from author forrest carters 1973 novel the rebel outlaw. Gone to texas forrest carter like most people i have seen the brilliant film the outlaw josey wales starring clint eastwood, but i never realised that it was actually based up a novel called. Like most people i have seen the brilliant film the outlaw josey wales starring clint eastwood, but i never realised that it was actually based up a novel called gone to texas. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading josey wales. The book, the outlaw josey wales is not a movie tiein novel. He has nothing left to live for, except to fight, and he cannot give that up. The outlaw josey wales was based on a book written by a selfproclaimed cherokee whose real life as a former klansman became well known after his book, the education of little tree, topped the new york times bestseller list in 1991. Carter used the pseudonym in order to masquerade as a cherokee, but after the publication of the rebel outlaw. It is a sequel to clint eastwoods the outlaw josey wales 1976, which was in turn based on the forrest carter 1973 novel the rebel outlaw.
The script was worked on by sonia chernus and producer bob daley at malpaso, and eastwood himself paid some of the money to obtain the screen rights. He joins up with a group of settlers who need the protection that a man as tough and experienced as he is can provide. His wife and child had been lost to precivil war destruction and, like jesse james and other young farmers, he joined. As the civil war ends in defeat and despair for the south, wales alone of his guerrilla unit refuses to surrender. Join facebook to connect with josey wales and others you may know. The outlaw josey wales is a 1976 revisionist western film set at the end of the american civil war directed by and starring clint eastwood as the eponymous josey wales, with chief dan george, sondra locke, bill mckinney, john vernon, paula trueman, sam bottoms, geraldine keams, john russell, woodrow parfrey, joyce jameson, sheb wooley, john quade, will sampson, and royal dano. Sep 08, 20 how historically accurate is the outlaw josey wales. Richard schickel provides a commentary track, and there are two other, vintage featurettes.
Start the day in shade and end it in sun, all the while just 65 yards from washrooms. The artful reinvention of klansman asa earl carter. The outlaw josey wales character is actually a composite of several known. Just a great western with a deep, deep emotion under it all.
Wales is portrayed in the 1976 western film the outlaw josey wales by actor and director clint eastwood. What book is the josey wales movie based on answers. Based on the popular novel by famed native american author forrest carter, it freely mixed violence and amorality to create a darkly ambiguous world where good and evil are almost impossible to distinguish. But the book and its author are not what they seem. Publication date 1989 topics wales, josey fictitious character, outlaws, western stories publisher. The ending of the outlaw josey wales is the most beautiful and poetic of any in western movie history, maybe the most beautiful of any movie ever. There are many who think he existed in a homicidally. I read the book first under the title, gone to texas, which it. Screenplay based on author forrest carters josey wales novels.
Josey wales the title was eventually changed to gone to texas. Nov, 20 instead, the indians are apache and the book is dedicated to them. The outlaw josey wales 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Gone to texas and the vengence trail of josey wales are both great reads, made all the more convenient by the fact that both stories are published here in one tome. A sequel, the vengeance trail of josey wales, is also available.
He was considered, along with brigadier jerry, yellowman and sound system partner charlie chaplin, one of the best deejays of the 1980s. Forrest carter, the writer of the novel the rebel outlaw. Josey wales, the new york times revealed that he was actually asa earl carter a southern klansman. The outlaw josey wales was selected for the national film registry in 1996. Yes the film is made from an entirely original script for the film written by the script writer derek kolstad. It was directed by and starred clint eastwood as the eponymous josey wales, with chief dan george, sondra locke, sam bottoms, and geraldine keams. Wales was portrayed by michael parks in the 1986 sequel the return of josey wales. Outlaw josey wales by carter, forrest and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It was taken up by clint eastwood and made into the western movie the outlaw josey wales in 1976. The second novel included in this set, the vengeance trail of josey wales, was written better and the character of josey wales was much better developed. Of all the clint eastwood western movies which is it you. Josey wales 1972, was also an interesting character. Josey wales clint eastwood makes his way west after the civil war, determined to live a useful and helpful life.
The book was published by a small company in arkansas, and was likewise given a limited printing of only 75 hardcover editions. Ive been looking for forrest carters book gone to texas ever since i saw clint eastwoods movie based on it. The outlaw josey wales is a 1976 american revisionist western deluxe color and panavision film set during and after the american civil war. The second book, the vengeance trail of josey wales, is a much harder read. Gone to texas and the vengeance trail of josey wales by. Josey wales is a 1972 american western novel also titled gone to. Normally i like books better than movies, but not in this case. I know the name of the book is gone to texas because of the credits but i have found more than one version and during an interview clint eastwood said the movie was based on a book. Theres a lot of comparisons that can be made between bill wilson and josey wales and judging from the bits and pieces that i know about bill wilson, he does seem to provide an ideal template for a character like josey wales and considering bill wilsons anti government stance, i think he would have appealed to carter, so i reckon that the. But how historically accurate is the outlaw josey wales. The book is actually very good and impressed eastwood enough to film it. The outlaw josey wales was based on the first novel written by a halfcherokee indian poet named forrest carter entitled the rebel outlaw. Jan 18, 2014 until unforgiven came along in 1992, the outlaw josey wales was widely regarded as clint eastwoods best film as a director, and one of the best westerns in general.
In 2011, warner home video released a deluxe bluray book edition, with several glossy pages as well as a new featurette on clint eastwoods westerns. I read the book first under the title, gone to texas, which it was also published as. One of the best clint eastwood movies ever traces back to ugly roots. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The lead character in the novel is a former confederate soldier named josey wales who is also the chief protagonist in the second novel. Mary, jamaica is an influential jamaican dancehall deejay. His wife and child had been lost to precivil war destruction and, like jesse james and other young farmers, he joined the guerrilla soldiers of missourimen with no cause but survival and no purpose but revenge. Actually, the movie the outlaw josey wales was based upon the first novel included in this volume, gone to texas, which i think was the more poorly written of the two. The josey wales of the movie is really a sanitized version of josey wales in the novel.
Forrest carter has a real irritating writing style that never let me really get into the book. He was a character in the novel gone to texas by forrest tucker. Written in 1972 and originally published under the title the rebel outlaw. Jan 01, 1973 this is the book that the outlaw josey wales was based on, starring clint eastwood. Mar 27, 2020 this is an original song protected by for lyrics, chords, arrangements and music it is based on the film josey wales which was based on a book by f. What other book might you compare gone to texas a josey wales western to and why. Until unforgiven came along in 1992, the outlaw josey wales was widely regarded as clint eastwood s best film as a director, and one of the best westerns in general. The outlaw josey wales 1976 part 2 internet archive. Sep 29, 2012 what book is the josey wales movie based on. Gone to texas josey wales, book 1 by forrest carter.
Josey wales is a 1972 american western novel also titled gone to texas in later editions written by forrest carter that was adapted into the film the outlaw josey wales directed by and starring clint eastwood. There are so many the outlaw josey wales quotes that can help you when you are tired of being in the same old rut, and all you need is a little push, a little inspiration, a smile on the face, change of mood, bring. In reality, forrest carter was actually named asa carter who was a notorious segregationist. Its a film i really like clint eastwood was good in it as always and i think it also had some strong performances from will sampson as ten bears and chief dan george as lone watie. In 1975, clint eastwood was hunting for a new script to direct when a book landed on his desk.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Soon after, he started working on the rebel outlaw, josey wales that would be published as gone to texas in 1976. Sep 15, 2016 one of the best clint eastwood movies ever traces back to ugly roots. The author later wrote under the alias of forrest carter and released his josey wales novel as gone to texas. I just finished reading the two josey wales novels by forrest carter, gone to texas, which a lot of you know the clint eastwood movie the outlaw josey wales was based on, and the vengeance trail of josey wales. Josie wales, aka bushwhacker bill wilson north texas enews. Josey wales an early1970s privately printed novel under the title the rebel outlaw. With all my heart i would like to believe josey wales was based on. The outlaw josey wales is a wonderful story about a wounded man, josey wales, a missourian who has lost his home and his family to the civil war. Gone to texas a josey wales western audiobook by forrest. His wife and child had been lost to precivil war destruction and, like jesse james and other young farmers.
Aug 26, 1976 they thought for sure that forrest carter, whose novel has become clint eastwoods current shoot. Bill wilson was born around 1830 in phelps county, missouri. Josey wales, the book that the movie was based on, was ed through whipporwill publishers in gant, ala. The screenplay based on the book gone to texas by forrest carter is another one of those violence revues, with carnage production numbers. The outlaw josey wales released in 1976, is based on the american revisionist and panavision film set during and after the american civil war. Josey wales od, born joseph winston sterling in st. Josey wales was republished in 1975 by the delacorte press as gone to texas by forrest carter.
My favorite movie is the outlaw josey wales and i want to read the original book the movie is based on. Aug 09, 2014 behold, and absorb the wisdom of men scorned by government. The cover art is beautiful and nostalgic, like the story itself. Unfortunately, the past has a way of catching up with you, and josey is a wanted man. According to the rules of the genre, the final confrontation between wales and fletcher can have only one outcome. Charge phones, laptops, camera and keep lights on with an independent solar array. The film the outlaw josey wales doesnt tell the same story that forrest carter told in the book that was the source material among many other changes, in the book, josey has a career as a notorious bank robber, he isnt pursued by terrills redlegs and there is no showdown with the redlegs at the end, and he marries laura lee and has a child. Gone to texas forrest carter like most people i have seen the brilliant film the outlaw josey wales starring clint eastwood, but i never realised that it was actually based. Jul 09, 2019 these the outlaw josey wales quotes from the wild wild west. Was the movie outlaw josey wales based on a real person. The outlaw josey wales by forrest carter abebooks passion for books.
Josey wales it was republished in 1975 as gone to texas. This is an original song protected by for lyrics, chords, arrangements and music it is based on the film josey wales which was based on a book. If you watch carefully, he walks out with the picture. Through wales, the novels tell a narrative of revenge and resistance to the government. This is the book that the outlaw josey wales was based on, starring clint eastwood. Although the movie portrays the outlaw as tolerant of the persons he came into contact with as long as they werent trying to kill him, carter was a. The return of josey wales is a 1986 american western film directed by and starring michael parks. He plays a key role in the vengeance trail of josey wales, fighting on joseys side against escobedo, naturally. Would you listen to gone to texas a josey wales western again. Carter wrote a later book about geronimo, watch for me on the mountain, in 1978, republished in 1980 as cry geronimo. A perfect example is the outlaw josey wales also published under the title gone to texas. Gone to texas by forrest carter goodreads share book. Other characters, such as jamie the kid in the movie and lone watie, are different and more involved in the book than the movie.
Josie wales, josie arrives in texas, goes into a store, is shown a death picture of. Josey wales was a name to be feared in forrest carters wild west, and you can understand why when you read this book. Josey wales, by asa earl carter was published in 1972 and was the novel that served to fashion the character for the screenplay. Two westerns kindle edition by carter, forrest, clayton, lawrence. The original effort was actually titled the rebel outlaw.
The american civil war is a great war of struggle and independence and this movie perfectly describes the efforts that had gone into the struggle. The outlaw josey wales was inspired by a 1972 novel by former kkk leader forrest carter, and was originally titled the rebel outlaw. The outlaw josey wales the screenplay based on the book gone to texas by forrest carter is another one of those violence revues, with carnage production numbers slotted every so often and. I know the name of the book is gone to texas because of the credits but i have found more than one version and during an interview clint eastwood said the movie was based on a book he got.
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