The book Josey Wales is adapted from, as mentioned above, is "Gone to Texas" by Forrest Carter. The front cover flap has a word or two from Eastwood, as to his admiration for the book, so much so he states;"In fact, I liked the entire book so much that I have bought it for my next starring vehicle" -Clint Eastwood.

I casually searched our few used book stores for several years in order to read the book, which, as most of you would agree, typically will flesh out or add to a movie... In this case, whoever did the adaptation did better than the book, and I like books above movies.

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