| Jesse James Was His Name; Or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri Revised Edition Contributor(s): Settle Jr, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803258607 ISBN-13: 9780803258600 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1977 Annotation: "Jesse James," said Carl Sandburg, "is the only American bandit who is classical, who is to this country what Robin Hood or Dick Turpin is to England, whose exploits are so close to the mythical and apocryphal." For this definitive study no significant source of information concerning Jesse James and his brother Frank has been neglected, and from it emerges resolution of the debated point: "Were the Jameses common criminals or gallant Robin Hoods?" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 76056786 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.02" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Jesse James," said Carl Sandburg, "is the only American bandit who is classical, who is to this country what Robin Hood or Dick Turpin is to England, whose exploits are so close to the mythical and apocryphal." For this definitive study no significant source of information concerning Jesse James and his brother Frank has been neglected, and from it emerges resolution of the debated point: "Were the Jameses common criminals or gallant Robin Hoods?" William A. Settle Jr. is the author of The Dawning: A New Day in the Southwest. |
