Jesse James : the best writings on the notorious outlaw and his gang / edited by Harold Dellinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dellinger, Harold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Jesse, 1847-1882.

James, Jesse.

James, Jesse, 1847-1882--Friends and associates.

James, Jesse, 1847-1882--Miscellanea.

Outlaws--West (U.S.)--Biography.

Outlaws.

Friends and associates.

West (U.S.)--Biography.

West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

Genre:

Biographies.

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, [2007]

Summary:

From his early days as a Civil War guerilla to his untimely death at the hands of "that dirty little coward" Robert Ford, few figures in American folklore have captured the imagination quite like Jesse James. In these pages, noted James authority Harold Dellinger sifts through the hundreds of published articles and books about James to painstakingly create a compelling collage of character, an extraordinary, multifaceted portrait of one of history's most infamous outlaws.

Contents:

Part I Jesse James was His Name

Strenuous Americans / R. F. Dibble, 1925 4

Jesse James: My Father / Jesse James Jr., 1899 8

The Life Story of the James and Younger Gang and Their Comrades, Including the Operations of Quantrell's Guerillas by One Who Rode with Them: A True but Terrible Tale of Outlawry / Jim Cummins, 1903 11

Jesse James Was His Name: or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri. / William A. Settle Jr., 1966 15

Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War / T.J. Stiles, 2002 19

A Terrible Quintette / John Newman Edwards, 1873 27

Rebel Gun / Arthur Steur, 1956 40

The Jesse James Poems: "Folk Tale" / Paulette Jiles, 1988 49

Part II Who had Killed Many Men

Under the Black Flag / Captain Kit Dalton, a Confederate Soldier, 1914 56

Jesse James Was My Neighbor / Homer Croy, 1949 59

Wanted! "Jesse James: Robin Hood" / Arthur Winfield Knight, 1988 63

Outlaws of the Border: A Complete and Authentic History of the Lives of Frank and Jesse James, the Younger Brothers, and Their Robber Companions, Including Quantrell and His Noted Guerillas, the Greatest Bandits the World Has Ever Known / Jay Donald, 1882 65

The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James / Frank Triplett, 1882 68

Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace / William H. Wallace, 1914 78

Collected Poems: "The Perils" / Max Douglas, 1978 80

Frank and Jesse James: The Story behind the Legend / Ted P. Yeatman, 2000 81

The Jesse James Northfield Raid: Confessions of the Ninth Man / John Koblas, 1999 90

Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace / William H. Wallace, 1914 117

Ozark Folksongs / Vance Randolph, 1980 120

Frontier Dust / John Lord, 1926 125

The Jesse James Poems: "Jesse Is Thrown Out of the New Hope Baptist Church" / Paulette Jiles, 1988 130

A Frontier Doctor / Henry F. Hoyt, 1928 132

The Romance of a Western Boy: The Story of Corse Payton / Gertrude Andrews, 1901 135

The James Boys: A Thrilling Story of the Adventures and Exploits of Frank and Jesse James / Anonymous, circa 1882 139

Part III And Laid Poor Jesse in His Grave

Jesse James Was His Name: Or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri / William A. Settle Jr., 1966 146

The Secret Life of Jesse James / Arthur Winfield Kight, 1996 153

Good Bye, Jesse! / Kansas City Daily Journal, 1882 162

Collected Poems: "Coroner's Inquest Resumed" / Max Douglas, 1978 176

Adventures of a Tramp Printer / John Edward Hicks, 1950 179

Biography, Memoirs, Reminiscences and Recollections / John N. Edwards, 1889 182

Collected Poems: "The Personal Property Of" / Max Douglas, 1978 186

Message of Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden to the Thirty-Second General Assembly of the State of Missouri, at the Regular Session, Commencing Jan. 3, 1883 / Governor Thomas T. Crittenden, 1883 188

Singing Rawhide: A Book of Western Ballads / Harold Hersey 1926 194

The Rise and Fall of Jesse James / Robertus Love, 1940 197

"Jesse James as Robin Hood" / Sam Sackett, 1980 205

Collected Poems: "The True Story of the Death of Charlie Ford" / Max Douglas, 1978 213

Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace / William H. Wallace, 1914 214

Wanted! "Zerelda James: At Jesse's Grave" / Arthur Winfield Knight, 1988 227

Missouri Bittersweet / MacKinlay Kantor, 1969 229

The Jesse James Poems: "The Last Poem in the Series" / Paulette Jiles, 1988 239

Appendix I A Jesse James time line, including principal crimes attributed to the James-Younger Gang 241

Appendix II Jesse James as he has appeared in movies and on television 249

Appendix III Known and suspected members of the James-Younger Gang 251.

ISBN:

9780762744794

0762744790

OCLC:

167416640

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