Research Catalog

Title

The rise and fall of Jesse James, by Robertus Love ...

Author

Love, Robertus, 1867-1930.

Publication

New York, London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

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Details

Description

ix, 446 p. front. (ports.); 23 cm.

Subject

• James, Jesse, 1847-1882
• 1860-1890
• Brigands and robbers
• West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890

Genre/Form

• History
• Biographies

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introducing a mild-mannered Missourian -- "The bloodiest man in the annals of America" -- The gentle boyhood of Jesse James -- Frank and Jesse join the guerrillas -- A revised opinion as to Cole Younger -- The onset of postbellum outlawry -- Violent events begin popping fast -- Bandit bullets sing solos in Kentucky -- The clinching clew of the horse that deserted -- An astounding instance of Jesse's honesty -- The Missouri bank raiders invade Iowa -- The industry of train-robbing is invented -- John Younger dies with two Pinkertons -- "The crime of the century" near Kearney -- The Hon. Jeff Jones and the outlaw amnesty bill -- The fatal drunk of Bud McDaniels -- "The man Jesse James held up" -- The Youngers' Gettysburg and Waterloo -- Bill Stiles and Clell Miller fall at Northfield -- The beginning of a memorable man-chase -- The getaway of the James boys -- The three Youngers shot down and captured -- The clew of the red bandanna in Nebraska -- Proving fact more strange than fiction -- The happy married lives of Frank and Jesse -- "The perfect crime": Jesse's masterpiece -- The apotheosis of Jesse James -- Wallace the crusader, and nemesis -- Tom Hill's disastrous drunk in Tennessee -- Dick Liddil kills Wood Hite and "comes in" -- "And they laid Jesse James in his grave" -- "Tear the two bears from the flag of Missouri!" -- The little white house with the green shutters -- The historian at Jesse's second burial -- The dramatic surrender of Frank James -- The twenty years' fight for the Youngers' freedom -- How Frank James and Cole Younger made good -- The comic odyssey of the real Jim Cummins.

LCCN

^^^26012182^

OCLC

• 1374683
• SCSB-10039108

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library