• Outlaws: Jesse James

  • Sep 26 2024
  • Length: 44 mins
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Outlaws: Jesse James

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  • Jesse James. Perhaps the most notorious American outlaw?


    He’s become legendary figure of the Wild West, compared to an American ‘Robin Hood.’ But with a legacy so pervasive, the myths about Jesse James can get often get confused for the truth…


    Did you know he played significant part in engineering his own reputation as a ‘Confederate hero’, comparing himself in newspapers to Napoleon and Alexander the Great? Or, that he married his first cousin while recovering from a gun wound?


    Don finds out about the real Jesse James with his guest, award-winning biographer, T.J. Stiles on today’s episode.


    You can see more about T.J’s work here: https://www.tjstiles.net/


    Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Max Carrey. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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