New electrotype edition. No jacket. Hinges repaired, boards a bit rubbed, text unmarked. 1882 Hard Cover. 498 pp. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4. Gilt titles, electrotype engravings. A contemporary account of the notorious brothers Frank & Jesse James. The History Channel has been screening a documentary which purports that Jesse James faked his death & lived for a longer period than is currently believed. CONTENTS: I. The James Family; II. Frank and Jesse; III. In the Guerrilla Camp; IV. Bloody War; V. At the Sack of Lawrence, Kansas; VI. A Gory Record; VII. Adventures in Separate Fields; VIII. The Brandenburg Tragedy; IX. The Liberty Bank Affair; X. Jesse's Sortie Against the Militia-Men; XI. In the Hands of Friends; XII. The Russellville Bank Robbery; XIII. On the Pacific Slope; XIV. Were They Driven to Outlawry?; XV. The Gallatin Bank Tragedy; XVI. Attempts to Arrest the Boys; XVII. Outrage at Columbia, Kentucky; XVIII. Out of Exile; XIX. The Corydon Raid; XX. The Cash Box of the Fair; XXI. Ste. Genevieve; XXII. A Railway Train Robbed in Iowa; XXIII. The Gaines' Place Stage Robbery; XXIV. Gadshill; XXV. After Gadshill; XXVI. Whicher's Ride to Death; XXVII. A Night Raid of Detectives; XXVIII. Proposed Amnesty; XXIX. San Antonio-Austin Stage Plundered; XXX. Farmer Askew's Fate; XXXI. Gold Dust - The Muncie Business; XXXII. Huntington, West Virginia, Bank Robbery; XXXIII. Jesse's Wooing and Wedding; XXXIV. A Dream of Love; XXXV. Fair Annie Ralston, The Outlaw's Bride; XXXVI. A Seventeen Thousand Dollar Haul; XXXVII. In Minnesota; XXXVIII. The Attack at Northfield; XXXIX. Escape of Frank and Jesse; XL. A Visit to Carmen; XLI. The Robbers and Their Friends; XLII. Excursions Into Mexico; XLIII. Death to Border Brigands; XLIV. The Union Pacific Express Robbery; XLV. A Visit to the Home of Frank James; XLVI. Epistles of Jesse James; XLVII. Glendale; XLVIII. Hunting Clues; XLIX. George W. Shepherd; L. Pursuit of the Glendale Robbers; LI. Allen Parmer; LII. Jesse James Still a Free Rover; LIII. Changing a Five-Dollar Bill; LIV. Winstonville; LV. After Winstonville; LVI. Jesse's Last Exploit; LVII. Gathering Clouds; LVIII. Death of Jesse James; LIX. Jesse's Last Resting Place; The Younger Brothers - I. The Younger Family; II. With Quantrell; III. The Guerrillas Disband; IV. Northfield and Stillwater.

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