Jesse James : last rebel of the Civil War
by
 
Stiles, T. J., author.

Title
Jesse James : last rebel of the Civil War

Author
Stiles, T. J., author.
 
Lane, Christopher, narrator.

Summary
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 sixteen James 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.

General Note
Title from container.
 
Compact discs.

Edition
Unabridged.

Physical Description
15 audio discs (18 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
Biographies.
 
Audiobooks.

Personal Subject
James, Jesse, 1847-1882.

Subject Term
Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
 
Guerrillas -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.

Geographic Term
West (U.S.) -- Biography.
 
Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements.
 
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements.

Author(s)
Lane, Christopher,

Publisher
Brilliance Audio,

Electronic Access
recordedbooks.com
 
RBMedia

Publication Date
2019

ISBN
9781978689220

Publication Information
Grand Haven, Michigan : Brilliance Audio, [2019]
 
℗2019

Call Number
CDB 923 JAMES


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