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Author Dyer, Bob, 1939-

Title Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri / Robert L. Dyer
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 86 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Missouri heritage readers
Missouri heritage readers.
Contents Jesse James and Robin Hood -- How the Civil War came to Missouri -- Blood on the border -- Opening guns -- The Battle of Wilson's Creek -- The Battle of Lexington -- The Battle of Pea Ridge -- Guerrilla war -- Quantrill's raid on Lawrence and Order No. 11 -- Jesse James goes to war -- The last great Rebel raid in Missouri -- The War ends and the James Gang is born -- The first bank robberies (1866-1872) -- Trains and Pinkerton men (1873-1876) -- The final years (1877-1882) -- The legend of Jesse James -- The Civil War as living history
Summary An account of Jesse James' life during the Civil War and how it directly affected him in his future life as a famous American outlaw
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-80) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject James, Jesse, 1847-1882.
SUBJECT James, Jesse, 1847-1882
James, Jesse, 1847-1882 fast
James, Jesse. swd
Subject Guerrillas -- Missouri -- Biography
Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Readers for new literates.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Frontier and pioneer life
Guerrillas
Outlaws
Readers for new literates
War -- Underground movements
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
SUBJECT Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140280
Subject Missouri
United States
West United States
Missouri Staat
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826273116
0826273114