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Book reviews: Jesse James: Last rebel of the Civil War: Taking the hero out of the hood
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JESSE JAMES: LAST REBEL OF THE CIVIL WAR TJ Stiles Jonathan
Cape, 20 pounds
JESSE James died dusting. On a Monday morning in early April 1882,
his fastidiousness proved his undoing. He'd been planning his next
big heist with two gang members, Bob and Charlie Ford, when he
suddenly noticed that the pictures on his living room wall needed
cleaning. He picked up a brush, got on a chair and turned his back on
the Ford brothers. That was a big mistake. The next moment his skull
exploded. The Fords shot Jesse in exchange for a pardon and a
sizeable reward. They'd been waiting anxiously for the ...
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Shooting down the myth of Jesse James.(Review)
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; ...FRANCIS SPUFFORD JESSE JAMES: The Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles...guerrillas was Jesse James's older brother...wrest the life of Jesse James back from the...histories of the Civil War that American...in the South. Jesse James ...
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Politics at the point of a pistol Jesse James was motivated first by Confederate passion and only then by greed and an acquired taste for violence, says Paul Johnson
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James gets start in guerrilla fighting.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A Confederate robber; American legends.('Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War')
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; JESSE JAMES rode the finest bay horses in Missouri...not a cowboy. He was a product of the civil war and its aftermath. His motivation, at...it grew safer but less interesting. Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. By T.J. Stiles.
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 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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Connections old, new link us to Jesse James.(Triad)
Newspaper article from: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; ...for Pitt's next film, The Assassination of Jesse James, which is due in theaters in September. As a historian with a specific interest in Jesse James, Ganis authenticated the costumes, weaponry...tea to discuss Ralph's upcoming program on Jesse James sponsored by the Eden ...
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Taking Aim at Jesse James & History
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...region's defeat in the Civil War was such a mythic...barren wooden table. Jesse James. Sometimes, by candlelight...Robert Ford -- a Jesse James groupie in his early...eclipsed the legend of Jesse James - - for a while...Assassination of Jesse James by the ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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HISTORY; Guerrilla or gangster? Stripped of his romantic aura, Jesse James emerges as a more complex, more brutal figure in T.J. Stiles' revisionist history.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...T.J. Stiles' Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War serves a useful...Confederacy during the Civil War and to keep the...solidly written, Jesse James is a neat short...Inquirer. HISTORY Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War By: T.J. ...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Chicago Tribune Cultural Critic column: 2 men captured Jesse James.(Column)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ...The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert...the notorious killer, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War (Knopf), banishes forever...brother Frank James, Jesse James despised a quiet life...atmosphere of the post-Civil War Midwest -- an ...
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Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
Magazine article from: Arkansas Historical Quarterly
; Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. By T. J. Stiles...expertly-crafted tale of Jesse James as the last Rebel...carried on the Civil War in the state of...approach is that Jesse often seems to...and the ensuing Civil War, Jesse resolved...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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MEMORIES OF OUTLAW JESSE JAMES STILL FOUND IN MISSOURI TOWNS.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...diminished the legend of Jesse James, gunned down 114 years...lingers. Today at the Jesse James Farm, operated by the...its hardscrabble post-Civil War years. A museum and...identified as Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger...blizzard. Today, in the Jesse ...
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