Jesse James
Last Rebel of the Civil War
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Narrated by:
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Christopher Lane
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By:
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T. J. Stiles
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In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure.
Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery household in bitterly divided Misssouri, at age sixteenJames became a bushwhacker, one of the savage Confederate guerrillas that terrorized the border states. After the end of the war, James continued his campaign of robbery and murder into the brutal era of reconstruction, when his reckless daring, his partisan pronouncements, and his alliance with the sympathetic editor John Newman Edwards placed him squarely at the forefront of the former Confederates’ bid to recapture political power. With meticulous research and vivid accounts of the dramatic adventures of the famous gunman, T. J. Stiles shows how he resembles not the apolitical hero of legend, but rather a figure ready to use violence to command attention for a political cause - in many ways, a forerunner of the modern terrorist.
©2002 T. J. Stiles (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.What listeners say about Jesse James
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- Peter Craig
- 24-10-2024
Very enjoyable well read
The description of the life of a slave was one of the most profound parts of this book. The book has given me a insight into the life of Jesse James and the world that he was allowed to inhabite. Very good.
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- Rowey555
- 21-04-2024
Fantastic
A fair, balanced, unbiased biography of an American outlaw legend in the context the chaos of civil war. The author presents James in all his intelligence, brutality, cunning, violence and demented loyalty. A book for anyone a fan of history, outlaws or the American civil war and the times of the antebellum era. As a fan of all three I highly recommend this book.
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