Download or read book The James Boys written by Richard Liebmann-Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and strikingly original new voice in fiction reinvents the historical novel–along with American history itself–in this wry “what if?” that merges and mashes up four of our most famous and infamous national icons. Historian Otis Pease once remarked that the story of nineteenth-century America could be encompassed in the lives of the two sets of James brothers–William and Henry in the East, Frank and Jesse in the West. The James Boys goes further by making all four of them the fruit of the same family tree and showing how it shakes out. In 1876, the No. 4 Missouri Pacific Express pulls out of Kansas City for Saint Louis. Among those on board is Henry James, the erudite and esteemed novelist and brother of the brilliant philosopher William James. Trying his hand at travel writing, Henry is beset, as ever, by hypochondria–in the form, this case, of dire digestive woes. Suddenly, the train is stopped and robbed–and not by just any bandits but by the legendary James Gang. Taken hostage by the brigands, Henry realizes to his unspeakable horror that Jesse and Frank are in fact “Rob” and “Wilky,” his long-lost brothers, who had disappeared during the Civil War and been presumed dead for more than a decade. From there the ride only gets wilder, careening through underbrush and ivory towers, throwing together America’s greatest intellectuals and most notorious outlaws in a saga of six-guns and sherry that is peopled by a fascinating roster of passengers, both historical and imagined. Most prominent among them are Elena Hite, a feisty young feminist deeply aroused by the down-and-dirty charisma of the criminal Jesse; Alice Gibbens, the eminently sensible schoolteacher engaged to the sexually inexperienced William, who tempts him to stay put rather than joining Henry out West; and William Pinkerton, the renowned detective hot on all of their trails–especially Elena’s. Based on and incorporating actual events, The James Boys is a through-the-looking-glass romp that boldly blends both sides of the American character–the brilliant and the barbaric–in one unforgettable family and one seriously entertaining story.
Download or read book Jesse James was My Neighbor written by Homer Croy and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1883, the year after Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford and buried in his mother’s backyard, Homer Croy grew up near the James farm in northwest Missouri. He talked with many old-timers who knew Jesse and Frank James and their remarkable mother, Zerelda. Eyewitness accounts (sometimes humorous) and Croy’s familiarity with the milieu that produced the outlaw brothers enrich Jesse James Was My Neighbor. Jesse read the Bible before he went out to rob a bank or train (Frank preferred Shakespeare), and he was honest except for those raids, according to Croy. The author follows the James boys, documenting their criminal activities and their human side while sorting out the growing legend. He adds a necrology of the twenty-eight bandits who rode with the James gang at one time or another.
Download or read book The James Boys written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GUNSMITH'S 200TH ADVENTURE.. A fight for justice, for revenge, for Frank and Jesse James! Nothing makes the Gunsmith madder than a couple of two-bit backshooters. Especially when they shoot down Clint's longtime friend, the famed outlaw Jesse James. This cowardly killing has high connections—sanctioned by the sheriff—and possibly by the governor himself. Now Clint's got to protect Jesse's new widow and children, and keep hotheaded Frank James from getting himself killed too. For it takes a legend like the Gunsmith to avenge the West's most legendary outlaw!
Download or read book James Boys Deeds of Daring written by James Edgar and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roxy Doyle and the James Boys written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gavin Doyle has reportedly been seen around St. Joseph, Missouri. Once there, Roxy spots a man who someone tells her is “Thomas Howard.” But she knows the man by his real name—Jesse James. She had been introduced to Jesse by Belle Starr some time ago, and had also had a tryst with his brother, Frank. Jesse’s looking for reliable people to form a new gang. He tries to recruit Roxy. He then asks her to keep his secret and not expose him, for he and his wife have bought a house in St. Joe and are living there under the Howard alias. When several attempts are made to kill her, Roxy has to wonder if Jesse is behind the attempts, or if it’s someone else, entirely?
Download or read book The Dime Novel Detective written by Gary Hoppenstand and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides reprints of the texts of 5 detective dime novels, and lists of all the titles in the series published by the five publishers.
Download or read book The Last Hurrah of the James Younger Gang written by Robert Barr Smith and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So small it had only one bank, so quiet no citizens carried guns. Hard-working, peaceful Northfield, Minnesota, was an orderly yet busy mill-town in the heart of prosperous farm country. On a serene autumn Tuesday in 1876, local shopkeepers, farmers, and citizenry went about their normal routines, little realizing that the infamous and deadly James-Younger gang had designs on tiny Northfield. The experienced robbers planned to target the single bank, which held the hard-earned money of the townsfolk. Jesse and Frank James and the Younger brothers had never experienced defeat. During a wild gun battle that raged between the outlaws and the bankmen up and down the town’s main street, two unarmed townsfolk were murdered. Northfield’s angered populace fought back. The townspeople killed two members of the James-Younger gang and wounded several more. The remaining bandits fled but were pursued across southwestern Minnesota by a posse that gradually grew to more than a thousand men. In Last Hurrah of the James-Younger Gang, Robert Barr Smith debunks the James-Younger "Robin Hood" image and shows that the real heroes of the Northfield raid were the ordinary people--the bankers who protected their depositors at their own risk, the townspeople who pitched in to chase the gang from town, and the posse members who pursued and triumphed over the retreating remnants of the gang.
Download or read book The Many Legends of Jesse James written by Phillip J. Morledge and published by Phillip Morledge. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jesse James is shrouded in conflict. The conflict of the American Civil War and the conflict between those who saw a folk hero and those who saw a ruthless killer. This new collection brings together three classic biographies of the most infamous outlaw of the west.
Download or read book The Age of Dimes and Pulps written by Jeremy Agnew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly. This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
Download or read book Jesse James and the Movies written by Johnny D. Boggs and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated filmography analyzes the plots and players of the more than forty motion pictures about the legendary Missouri outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882), from the silent era to the 21st century. Among the films and actors covered are Jesse James (1939) with Tyrone Power, Kansas Raiders (1950) with Audie Murphy, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) with Robert Duvall, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) with Brad Pitt. Each evaluation compares Hollywood's version of history to the hard facts. A brief biography of the outlaw provides an overview of his life and career. Also examined are European films, made-for-television movies and continuing TV series that have featured episodes involving Jesse James.
Download or read book The Bradys at Baffin s Bay Or The Trail Which Led to the Arctic written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank and Jesse James written by Ted Yeatman and published by Cumberland House Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yeatman has created a thorough narrative that will be satisfying to readers who know little about the James brothers and those who have read everything about them. Included are 32 pages of rare illustrations and photos of the people, places, and artifacts associated with the notorious James bandits.
Download or read book Bill Nye and Boomerang Or The Tale of a Meek Eyed Mule and Some Other Literary Gems written by Bill Nye and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gunfighter Nation written by Richard Slotkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on fiction, western films, and political writing
Download or read book The Bradys and the Bonanza King Or Fighting the Fakirs in Frisco written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Creation of the Cowboy Hero written by Jeremy Agnew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created compelling imagery, the expectations of readers and moviegoers have influenced perceptions of the cowboy as a hero. This book describes the evolution of the cowboy hero as a mythic persona created by dime novels, television and Hollywood. Much of our concept of the cowboy comes to us from movies and the book's main focus is his changing image in cinema. The development of the hero image and the fictional West is traced from early novels and films to the present, along with shifting audience expectations and economic pressures.
Download or read book The Real Wild West written by Phillip J. Morledge and published by Phillip Morledge. This book was released on 2008-08-09 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected together for the first time. Four classic first hand narratives of the Old West.
