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The Outlaw Josey Wales is a Civil War film based on the novel by Forrest Carter called The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales, focusing on guerrilla warfare in Missouri. The film begins with the murder of a Missouri man’s family by rogue Union soldiers. Seeking revenge, Josey Wales chooses to join a Confederate guerilla group. Unwilling to surrender even after the end of the war, Wales becomes an outlaw pursued by both bounty hunters and former Union soldiers.
The Outlaw Josey Wales was released in 1976, amidst the antiwar sentiment generated by the Vietnam War. The movie also promotes the Lost Cause Mythology by demonizing the Union forces and offering a “states’ rights” interpretation of the war’s causes.
Clint Eastwood received wide acclaim for his role as Josey Wales. Both Eastwood and the film itself received glowing reviews from critics of the 70’s and continues to receive positive reviews today. It has been put in National Film Registry due to its cultural significance. Despite having been made after the golden age of Westerns had ended, it is considered to be one of the best examples of the genre.
FURTHER READING
Books
Michael Fellman, Inside war: the guerrilla conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War,New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Joseph M. Beilein and Matthew C. Hulbert, Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War, Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2015.
Daniel Sutherland, Guerrillas, Unionists, and Violence and the Confederate Home Front.Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1999.
Articles
Erika Elce, “’Dyin’ Ain’t Much of a Livin”: The Ethics of Rebellion in The Outlaw Josey Wales,”
English studies in Canada 42, no. 3-4 (2016).
Robert Sickles, “A Politically Correct Ethan Edwards: Clint Eastwoods The Outlaw Josey Wales,” Journal of Popular Film & Television 30, no. 4 (Winter 2003).
Joseph Lowndes, “Unstable Antistatism: The Left, the Right and The Outlaw Josey Wales,”International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society 16, no. 2 (December 2002).
Film Reviews
Roger Ebert, “The Outlaw Josey Wales Film Review,” Roger Ebert, January 1, 1976.
Richard Eder, “Movie Review: The Outlaw Josey Wales,” New York Times, August 5, 1976.
Andre Dellamorte, “The Outlaw Josey Wales Blu-Ray Review,” Collider, July 2, 2011.
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OK, so I’m going to shift gears and talk about the Linebaugh Big Bore shoot that’s in Cody every year. And I have three words for you: Why lawn chairs?
JL: We are just getting comfortable. I mean, do you stand up and drink Gentleman Jack?
I mean I can …
JL: It’s therapy. A lot of these people that come to my shoot, they have to drive 100 miles just to shoot my gun, and they do so under extremely rigid conditions. Nothing beats a good lawn chair. Eight years ago, I was on the table for open-heart surgery in March. In June, I was in my lawn chair, with the .500, banging the buffalo targets at 1,000 yards and the best cigar in the world sticking out of my mouth.
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