Historical person
Jesse James
1847–1882
Jesse James was a Confederate guerrilla who became a bank and train robber after the American Civil War. The James–Younger gang’s crimes and political sympathies were transformed by sympathetic newspapers into an outlaw legend, obscuring the violence and racial politics of post-war Missouri.
Hourly History’s Jesse James places Jesse James within the principal events and historical debates associated with this life.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Jesse James (2 books)
Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.
