The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales
The Rebel Outlaw: 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. The novel was republished in 1975 under the title Gone to Texas.

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

Plot
Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, seeks vengeance when his family is murdered by a gang of Unionists during the American Civil War, At the war's end he refuses to compromise with the victorious Northern forces.