The books are excellent. The author as a person? Not so much. ( )

Swell. Would make a great movie with Clint Eastwood - oh, wait! AND - supports the old truism, don't cast your girlfriend in your movies (Sondra Locke). FURTHERMORE - Chief Dan George was entertaining in the film, but he is also miscast after reading the book. I assume there is a shortage of good Native American actors. Apparently, Clint Eastwood also holds the rights to make a movie of the second novel in this collection, but hasn't. I enjoyed the second novel even more, because I didn't know the story - certainly, though, I've seen several westerns that are essentially this story. ( )

"Missouri is called the 'Mother of Outlaws'." "If Missouri was the Mother, then Texas was the father..."

Right from the get-go, Josey Wales is one tough man! They killed his wife and son, now he kills them. Seems like he is the baddest of the bad... As one feller said, “He’s meaner’n a rattler and twicet as fast with them pistols.” And also, "... the bloody ex-lieutenant of Bloody Bill; the pistol fighter with the lightning hands and stone nerves who mastered the macabre art of death from barrels of Colt .44's." Had him a move called the "Border Roll" - handing over his pistols by their butts and then spinning them toward his enemy and firing away! Mr. Cain Blue Lightening hisself!!!

The above quote is one of the reasons I enjoyed this book - the dialogue! Very distinct dialects and cadences that felt authentic!

In “Gone To Texas” we learn all about Mr. Wales. Part One, he’s riding with Jamie. Part Two finds him with Lone Waite and Little Moonlight. Then he meets up with Laura Lee and Grandma Sarah, and comes face to face with the great chief Ten Bears. It is a good book, with a satisfying ending!

The second book in this volume is "The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales". The first chapter begins brutally, in the bar called the Lost Lady Saloon, in Santo Rio, where friends of Josey Wales are. Captain Jesus Escobedo and his Rurales, well... it's just brutal. When word reaches the Crooked River Ranch, home of one Josey Wales, well... the title says it all! Wales and his little band ride in to Mexico for their revenge and not all of them come back. And Josey cuts, chews, and spits a LOT of tobacco! The plot is a little thin (again, the title is what it is), but it it's a good story, and I enjoyed it!

"Good Lord made more briers than He did flowers." Boy, it that true. Especially in 2020... ( )

Unfortunate to learn the truth of the author, but still... incredible stories. The first was better than the sequel, as is often the case, but both stories were fantastic. ( )

I love a good cowboy story and this is one of the best I've ever read. Clint Eastwood did a great job of making it into a movie, so if you have seen and enjoyed "The Outlaw Josey Wales" then you'll love this book. The second novel in this particular book is the sequel to "Gone to Texas" and is just as much fun to read as the first. ( )