The Outlaw Josey Wales
In 1976, following the success of "The Rebel Outlaw" and its film adaptation, "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), "The New York Times" revealed Forrest Carter was actually Southerner Asa Carter. His background became national news again in 1991 after his purported memoir, "The Education of Little Tree" (1976), was re-issued in paperback, topped the "Times" paperback best-seller lists (both non-fiction and fiction), and won the American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) award.