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Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri /

An account of Jesse James' life during the Civil War and how it directly affected him in his future life as a famous American outlaw.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dyer, Bob, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [1994]
Subjects:
James, Jesse, > 1847-1882.
Guerrillas > Missouri > Biography.
Outlaws > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Readers for new literates.
Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780826273116
0826273114
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Jesse James and Robin Hood
  • How the Civil War came to Missouri
  • Blood on the border
  • Opening guns
  • The Battle of Wilson's Creek
  • The Battle of Lexington
  • The Battle of Pea Ridge
  • Guerrilla war
  • Quantrill's raid on Lawrence and Order No. 11
  • Jesse James goes to war
  • The last great Rebel raid in Missouri
  • The War ends and the James Gang is born
  • The first bank robberies (1866-1872)
  • Trains and Pinkerton men (1873-1876)
  • The final years (1877-1882)
  • The legend of Jesse James
  • The Civil War as living history.

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