Forrest Carter Books in Order

Forrest Carter is a pseudonymous American author, best known for publishing novels and a best-selling, award-winning memoir under a Native American Cherokee identity. His literary career took off in 1976 with the success of his western novel, "The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales." However, his true identity as Southerner Asa Earl Carter was exposed by The New York Times, sparking national attention. In 1991, his re-issued memoir "The Education of Little Tree" topped the Times paperback best-seller lists, winning the American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) award. Prior to his literary career, Carter was a prominent figure in Alabama's civil rights movement opposition, serving as a speechwriter for Governor George Wallace, founding the North Alabama Citizens Council and an independent Ku Klux Klan group, and publishing the pro-segregation monthly "The Southerner."