
Jesse James
Last Rebel of the Civil War
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $25.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Christopher Lane
-
By:
-
T. J. Stiles
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure.
Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery household in bitterly divided Misssouri, at age sixteenJames became a bushwhacker, one of the savage Confederate guerrillas that terrorized the border states. After the end of the war, James continued his campaign of robbery and murder into the brutal era of reconstruction, when his reckless daring, his partisan pronouncements, and his alliance with the sympathetic editor John Newman Edwards placed him squarely at the forefront of the former Confederates’ bid to recapture political power. With meticulous research and vivid accounts of the dramatic adventures of the famous gunman, T. J. Stiles shows how he resembles not the apolitical hero of legend, but rather a figure ready to use violence to command attention for a political cause - in many ways, a forerunner of the modern terrorist.
©2002 T. J. Stiles (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















People who viewed this also viewed...

















Excellent performance
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is a first rate biography
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great context for a complicated person
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
However, if you are interested in deep historical research that strips aways the myths to illuminate the past, this is it.
Good narration. You’ll need the book for the extensive footnote discussion on sources and methods.
Missouri’s Favorite Terrorist
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
outstanding
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Average
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The narrator does mispronounce a few names/locations, but the rest of his performance more than makes up for it.
Excellent book & performance
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It refocuses about the Northfield Bank robbery and ends well, although at the end it drags again in its summation.
Jesse James was an outlaw and I think the author tried to show a even account of the man- neither as hero or complete villain. I still recommend the book, but warn it’s a little dry and feel no closer to understanding the real man.
A Little Slow on the Draw
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Well Written with Absolutely Terrible Conclusuons
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.