Jesse James
last rebel of the Civil War
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Word Count
127,500 words, Guess
Page Count
510 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejessejameslastre00stil_0
- ISBN-100375405836
- ISBN-139780375405839
- LibraryThing134678
- Goodreads3856991
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- Library of Congress Control Number2002025493
- OCLC Control Number49276679
- Open LibraryOL3560889M
Classifications
- DDC364.15/52/092
- DDCB
- LCCF594.J27 S76 2002
Description
A biography of the outlaw, focusing on his involvement in the Civil War and the formation of the James Gang.
Description
"Traditionally, Jesse James has been portrayed as a Wild West bandit, a Robin Hood of sorts. But in this meticulously researched, vividly written account of his life, he emerges as far more complicated. Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery atmosphere in bitterly divided Missouri, he began at sixteen to fight alongside some of the most savage Confederate guerrillas. When the Civil War ended, his violent path led him into the brutal conflicts of Reconstruction.". "We follow James as he places himself squarely in the forefront of the former Confederates' bid to capture political power with his reckless daring, his visibility, his partisan pronouncements, and his alliance with a rising ex-Confederate editor, John Newman Edwards, who helped shape James's image for their common purpose. In uniting violence and the news media on behalf of a political cause, James was hardly the quaint figure of legend. Rather, as his life played out across the racial divide, the rise of the Klan, and the expansion of the railroads, he was a forerunner of what we have come to call a terrorist."--BOOK JACKET.
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Genres
- Biography
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