About this book
''An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and Frank James and their bands of highwaymen.compiled from reliable sources and containing the latest facts in regard to these desperate freebooters.'' (from the author's sub-title) The James brothers emerged from the Confederate guerrillas to become notorious outlaws of the American west rising to legendary status. J.W. Buel chronicles their path of robbery and murder across the West in short vignettes. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (40)
1Jesse and Frank James - Their Youth
2Career as Guerrillas
3First Skirmishes
4Desolation of Lawrence
5Desperate Fighting by Squads
6Direful Massacre at Centralia
7Fortune Turning Against the Guerrillas
8The Whirlwind of Destruction Changes
9Jesse James' Career in Texas
10Robbery and Murder
11Plundering a Kentucky Bank
12Bank Robbery and Murder
13Mysterious Hiding Place in Jackson Co.
14Terrible Fight in Mexico
15Plundering an Iowa Bank
16Another Bank Robbery in Kentucky
17Robbing the Cash Box at the Kansas City Fair
18Plundering the Ste. Genevieve Bank
19Wrecking and Plundering a Train
20The Stage Robbery near Hot Springs
21Train Robbery at Gad's Hill
22Wicher's Unfortunate Hunt for the James Boys
23Murdering Cow Boys and Driving off Cattle
24The Attack on the Samuels Residence
25Assassination of Daniel Askew
26The San Antonio Stage Robbery
27The Great Train Robbery at Muncie
28The Huntington Bank Robbery
29The Rocky Cut Train Robbery
30Fatal Attack on a Minnesota Bank
31At Glendale—the Last Great Train Robbery
32Shooting of Jesse James by George Shepherd
33Why did Shepherd Shoot Jesse James?
34Robbing of the Mammoth Cave Stage
35Personal Characteristics of the James Boys
36The Union Pacific Express Robbery
37An Interview with the Younger Brothers
38Anecdotes of Jesse and Frank James
39Basham's Confession of the Glendale Robbery
40The Train Robbery at Winston, Mo. July 15, 1881
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