Description
The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, by Robertus Love, a newspaperman who knew Frank James, is a pioneering work that plumbs the personalities of the outlaws, looks at their domestic lives, cites many stories about them, and attempts to separate fact from legend in tracking their violent operations.
Michael Fellman assesses Love's 1926 book in his introduction to this Bison Books edition.
About the Author
Michael Fellman is a professor of history at Simon Fraser University and the author of Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri during the Civil War (1989).
Reviews
"The first attempt at a factual study . . . [and] a significant addition to the literature of the James band."-William A. Settle Jr., Jesse James Was His Name
"Love tells the story of James in the style of a good reporter, with much fondness for convincing detail."-New York Times
"Packed with excitement."-Literary Review
Book Information
ISBN 9780803279322
Author Robertus Love
Format Paperback
Page Count 446
Imprint Bison Books
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 618g