Life and times of jesse james

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The Life, Times, and Treacherous Death of Jesse James

October 12,

If you are interested in the American West, bank and/or train robbers, or even the Civil War in the border states (like Kansas and Missouri), this is a book you may well enjoy. It was written shortly after the death of Jesse James, so it has a nifty historical view. It's prose is certainly dated, but that may be part of its appeal. (At first it's a bit hard to read, but not nearly as bad as my memories of The Canterbury Tales. I found that olde English far too much work to understand.) This modern reprint includes some footnoted corrections to Triplett's original text. Many of the chapters are accounts of robberies attributed to the James Gang, but debunked by Triplett. In that vein, Triplett presents Jesse James as a tragic figure, shaped and forced into choices by chance encounters. It's a great example of the domino effect. If the Union militia hadn't mistreated the James/Samuels family, the James boys wouldn't ha

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Jesse James

Full Name: Jesse Woodson James

Born: September 5,

Died: April 3, (age 34)

Missouri County: Clay

Region of Missouri: Northwest

Category: Folk Legends

Introduction

Jesse James was a daring outlaw from Missouri. He became a legend in his own lifetime by committing crimes supposedly out of revenge for the poor treatment he, his family, and other Southern sympathizers received from Union soldiers during the Civil War. James sought personal recognition and publicity bygd writing letters to the press. His crimes terrorized innocent civilians and stifled economic growth in Missouri in the years following the Civil War.

Jesse Woodson James was born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, He was the third of fyra children born to Robert and Zerelda Cole James, both Kentucky natives. Jesse James had an older brother Frank, a brother, Robert, who died in infancy, and a younger sister, Susan. His father was a slave-owning farmer and popular Ba

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Jesse James

American outlaw (–)

For other uses, see Jesse James (disambiguation).

Jesse Woodson James (September 5, &#;&#; April 3, ) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as "bushwhackers" operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. As followers of William Quantrill and "Bloody Bill" Anderson, they were accused of committing atrocities against Union soldiers and civilian abolitionists, including the Centralia Massacre in

After the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and often popular sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes. The James brothers were most active as members of their own gang from about until , w