Jesse James: The Best Writings on the Notorious Outlaw and His Gang
From his early days as a Civil War guerilla to his untimely death at the hands of "that dirty little coward" Robert Ford, few figures in American folklore have captured the imagination quite like Jesse James. In these pages, noted James authority Harold Dellinger sifts through the hundreds of published articles and books about James to painstakingly create a compelling collage of character, an extraordinary, multifaceted portrait of one of history's most infamous outlaws.
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An anthology of the most captivating writings about Jesse James, including excerpts from novels, period newspaper articles, biographies and even song lyrics.
\ In Missouri [the Younger-James outlaws] rode into the towns and robbed banks in broad daylight; stopped passenger trains and, after emptying the express safe, "went through" everybody on board the cars...They murdered officers sent to arrest them, and, despite their plunderings and murders, so enlisted popular sympathy in their behalf that the reward of $25,000 for their capture remained unclaimed, though their whereabouts were well known...And had they remained in Missouri to the end of their lives doubtless they might with impunity have gone on with their raiding of railroad trains, and have been regarded with admiring pride by their fellow citizens of that Commonwealth. But they extended their field of operations to Minnesota, made their attack on the Northfield Bank, committed their dastardly murder of Heywood, and, to their wonderment, doubtless, they were not thereon hailed as heroic fellows who had gallantly gathered fresh laurels...\ \ --From The St. Louis Globe Democrat, October 16, 1876\ \ \
Foreword Harold Dellinger xiiiJesse James was His NameStrenuous Americans R. F. Dibble, 1925 4Jesse James: My Father Jesse James Jr., 1899 8The Life Story of the James and Younger Gang and Their Comrades, Including the Operations of Quantrell's Guerillas by One Who Rode with Them: A True but Terrible Tale of Outlawry Jim Cummins, 1903 11Jesse James Was His Name: or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri. William A. Settle Jr., 1966 15Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War T.J. Stiles, 2002 19A Terrible Quintette John Newman Edwards, 1873 27Rebel Gun Arthur Steur, 1956 40The Jesse James Poems: "Folk Tale" Paulette Jiles, 1988 49Who had Killed Many MenUnder the Black Flag Captain Kit Dalton, a Confederate Soldier, 1914 56Jesse James Was My Neighbor Homer Croy, 1949 59Wanted! "Jesse James: Robin Hood" Arthur Winfield Knight, 1988 63Outlaws of the Border: A Complete and Authentic History of the Lives of Frank and Jesse James, the Younger Brothers, and Their Robber Companions, Including Quantrell and His Noted Guerillas, the Greatest Bandits theWorld Has Ever Known Jay Donald, 1882 65The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James Frank Triplett, 1882 68Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace William H. Wallace, 1914 78Collected Poems: "The Perils" Max Douglas, 1978 80Frank and Jesse James: The Story behind the Legend Ted P. Yeatman, 2000 81The Jesse James Northfield Raid: Confessions of the Ninth Man John Koblas, 1999 90Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace William H. Wallace, 1914 117Ozark Folksongs Vance Randolph, 1980 120Frontier Dust John Lord, 1926 125The Jesse James Poems: "Jesse Is Thrown Out of the New Hope Baptist Church" Paulette Jiles, 1988 130A Frontier Doctor Henry F. Hoyt, 1928 132The Romance of a Western Boy: The Story of Corse Payton Gertrude Andrews, 1901 135The James Boys: A Thrilling Story of the Adventures and Exploits of Frank and Jesse James$dAnonymous, circa 1882 139And Laid Poor Jesse in His GraveJesse James Was His Name: Or, Fact and Fiction Concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri William A. Settle Jr., 1966 146The Secret Life of Jesse James Arthur Winfield Kight, 1996 153Good Bye, Jesse!$dKansas City Daily Journal, 1882 162Collected Poems: "Coroner's Inquest Resumed" Max Douglas, 1978 176Adventures of a Tramp Printer John Edward Hicks, 1950 179Biography, Memoirs, Reminiscences and Recollections John N. Edwards, 1889 182Collected Poems: "The Personal Property Of" Max Douglas, 1978 186Message of Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden to the Thirty-Second General Assembly of the State of Missouri, at the Regular Session, Commencing Jan. 3, 1883 Governor Thomas T. Crittenden, 1883 188Singing Rawhide: A Book of Western Ballads Harold Hersey 1926 194The Rise and Fall of Jesse James Robertus Love, 1940 197"Jesse James as Robin Hood" Sam Sackett, 1980 205Collected Poems: "The True Story of the Death of Charlie Ford" Max Douglas, 1978 213Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace William H. Wallace, 1914 214Wanted! "Zerelda James: At Jesse's Grave" Arthur Winfield Knight, 1988 227Missouri Bittersweet MacKinlay Kantor, 1969 229The Jesse James Poems: "The Last Poem in the Series" Paulette Jiles, 1988 239A Jesse James time line, including principal crimes attributed to the James-Younger Gang 241Jesse James as he has appeared in movies and on television 249Known and suspected members of the James-Younger Gang 251Permissions Acknowledgments 253About the Editor 258
