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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]
The film was adapted by Sonia Chernus and Philip Kaufman from author Asa Earl "Forrest" Carter's 1972 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished, as shown in the movie's opening credits, as Gone to Texas). [6] The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget.
Article from the December 29, 1825 edition of the National Gazette and Literary Register published in Philadelphia reporting that Missouri Senator "Col. Palmer [Martin Parmer] is said to have taken French leave and gone to Texas." Gone to Texas (often abbreviated GTT), was a phrase used by Americans emigrating to Texas in the 19th century. [1]
Asa Earl Carter (September 4, 1925 – June 7, 1979) was an American segregationist and Ku Klux Klan organizer who was prominent in the 1950s for his activism and later as a Western fiction novelist, known as a co-writer of George Wallace's well-known pro-segregation line of 1963, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Gone to Texas is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas. [1] It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee through his involvement in the Texas Revolution.
Gone to Texas was a phrase in use during the 19th century in the southern United States. It can also refer to : Gone to Texas (novel) , a 1975 title by Forrest Carter
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Josey Wales is a fictional character created by author Asa Earl Carter (writing under the pseudonym Forrest Carter as a supposedly Cherokee writer) for his 1973 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales [1] (republished in 1975 as Gone to Texas). Wales is portrayed in the 1976 western film The Outlaw Josey Wales by actor and director Clint Eastwood. [1]