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 The James Boys written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The James Boys written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 196 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 William and Henry James written by William James and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Spanning more than fifty years, their correspondence presents a lively account of the persons, places, and events that affected the Euro-American world from 1861 until the death of William James in August 1910. An engaging introduction by John J. McDermott suggests the significance of the Selected Letters for the study of the entire family.
Download or read book Jesse James written by Adam Woog and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the outlaw who, with his brother Frank, led a gang of bank and train robbers from the late 1860's through the 1870's.
Download or read book Wildwood Boys written by James Carlos Blake and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2001-07-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain and earns a name that becomes whispered with reverence and terror: "Bloody Bill."
Download or read book The James Boys in Missouri written by N. Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Roxy Doyle and the James Boys written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 153 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 James Franco written by James Franco and published by Skira. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the finest actors of his generation, James Franco is also a multitalented writer and visual artist. Drawing from his experience in film and television work, Franco has produced a visually exciting and thought-provoking body of video works, multimedia installations, and large-scale sculptures. Drawn from the exhibition curated by Alanna Heiss and organized by the Clocktower Gallery, James Franco: The Dangerous Book Four Boys explores themes of childhood and nostalgia, games and destruction. Each experimental film, suite of drawings, and raw, childlike construction is presented as a window into the artist's mind. This dense and often diaristic survey reflects Franco's interest in the contemporary American landscape of adolescence and young adulthood.
Download or read book The James Boys written by James William Buel and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outlaws written by Marley Brant and published by Black Belt Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sifts through the myths surrounding Jesse James and his cohorts-in-crime to document their real-life adventures.
Download or read book Frank and Jesse James written by Freda Cruse Hardison and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before told stories in the voice of older brother Frank of the early of the friends and family of Frank and Jesse James
Download or read book The James and Younger Brothers written by J. A. Dacus and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast guns and hold-ups--the story of the James and Younger boys The Wild West frontier of the United States of America is the place of modern legends, though their origins mostly come from a comparatively short period of time following the American Civil War during the westward expansion of 'Manifest Destiny' to the dawn of modernism in the late 19th century. Nevertheless, the names heroes and villains from this era immediately caught the public imagination, and have remained with us thanks to numerous books, films and television series' featuring them. Among these outlaws, there were few more notorious than the James-Younger Gang. The gang hailed from Missouri, a bloody battleground with Kansas during the civil war, wracked by the deprivations of Union Jayhawkers and Confederate Bushwackers. It was from this latter partisan group that the James-Younger outlaw alliance grew. The end of the war brought hard times for these men, and the transition to gun-slinging, criminal killers seemed inevitable. The gang's membership changed over the years, but its notable members were, of course, brothers Cole, Jim, John and Bob Younger and the James brothers, Frank and the infamous Jesse. The gang robbed trains, stagecoaches and banks in Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, Kansas and West Virginia between 1868 and Jesse James's death in 1882--when he was shot in the back by Robert Ford. This is the story of these violent men and their troubled times. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Download or read book The James Boys and Pinkerton written by D. Stevens and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Have you killed him? "Well, I hope so." Such was another day at the office for outlaws Frank and Jesse James, whether escaping a bar full of hostile villains, robbing a train or conning their nemesis the great detective Allen Pinkerton. When the Chicago lawman unwittingly hires the pair the boys from Missouri become official detectives as part of their mad scheme to lure Pinkerton west and roast him alive!
Download or read book James Boys Deeds of Daring written by James Edgar and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from James Boys, Deeds of Daring: A Complete Record of Their Lives and Deaths, Narrating Many of Their Stirring Adventures, Which Have Only Recently Come to Light, and Which Have Never Appeared in Print Before An Old proverb says, Like father, like son, but history establishes the fact that most of the remark able men that the world has produced received their characters from their mother. Frank and Jesse James were no exception to the rule. In many respects Mrs. Zerelda Cole James was a remarkable woman, and it is probably as natural that she should have given birth to Frank and Jesse James as that Cornelia, the famous Roman matron, ' should have been the mother of the Gracchi. Mrs. James has been represented by certain self styled compilers of the lives and exploits of the James boys as being little short Of a brutal, uncivilized Amazon. Such misrepresentation is uncalled for as it is untrue. No one who knows anything about the personal life and character of the noted bandits' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The James Boys in Missouri written by and published by . This book was released on 191? with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
