Border Bandits

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - True Crime

Authors: J. W. Buel In Year : 1881

Book Language: English

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Preface
Jesse and Frank James - Their Youth
Career as Guerrillas
First Skirmishes
Desolation of Lawrence
Desperate Fighting by Squads
Direful Massacre at Centralia
Fortune Turning Against the Guerrillas
The Whirlwind of Destruction Changes
Jesse James' Career in Texas
Robbery and Murder
Plundering a Kentucky Bank
Bank Robbery and Murder
Mysterious Hiding Place in Jackson Co.
Terrible Fight in Mexico
Plundering an Iowa Bank
Another Bank Robbery in Kentucky
Robbing the Cash Box at the Kansas City Fair
Plundering the Ste. Genevieve Bank
Wrecking and Plundering a Train
The Stage Robbery near Hot Springs
Train Robbery at Gad's Hill
Wicher's Unfortunate Hunt for the James Boys
Murdering Cow Boys and Driving off Cattle
The Attack on the Samuels Residence
Assassination of Daniel Askew
The San Antonio Stage Robbery
The Great Train Robbery at Muncie
The Huntington Bank Robbery
The Rocky Cut Train Robbery
Fatal Attack on a Minnesota Bank
At Glendale—the Last Great Train Robbery
Shooting of Jesse James by George Shepherd
Why did Shepherd Shoot Jesse James?
Robbing of the Mammoth Cave Stage
Personal Characteristics of the James Boys
The Union Pacific Express Robbery
An Interview with the Younger Brothers
Anecdotes of Jesse and Frank James
Basham's Confession of the Glendale Robbery
The Train Robbery at Winston, Mo. July 15, 1881

''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