Research Catalog

Title

• Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri / Robert L. Dyer.

Author

Dyer, Robert, 1939-

Publication

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c1994.

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Details

Description

xi, 86 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

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.

Series Statement

• Missouri heritage readers

Uniform Title

• Missouri heritage readers
• Project Muse UPCC books

Subjects

• Lectures et morceaux choisis
• Readers (Publications)
• History
• Biographies
• readers
• 1861-1865
• American Civil War > (United States : > 1861-1865)
• Outlaws > West (U.S.) > Biography
• Readers for new literates
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements
• Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements
• Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
• Guerrillas > Missouri > Biography
• James, Jesse, 1847-1882

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• Lectures et morceaux choisis.
• Readers (Publications)
• readers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-80) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0826209599 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^93050793^

OCLC

29668418

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library