The Border Bandits / An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James
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Jesse James, Frank James and the Younger brothers were some of the most notorious outlaws of nineteenth century America. They terrorized the towns and countryside across the West, robbing banks, committing murders, holding up stage coaches and stealing from helpless citizens. The story of these infamous villains begins with the outbreak of the American Civil War when the Younger brothers signed up for the Confederacy to fight in Quantrill’s vicious band of guerrillas. Buel takes the reader through the actions undertaken by the group as they fought for the South in quick lightning strikes again...
Chapters (189)
- THE BORDER BANDITS.
- PREFACE.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE BORDER BANDITS.
- CONTENTS.
- THE BORDER BANDITS.
- JESSE AND FRANK JAMES.
- THEIR CAREER AS GUERRILLAS.
- THE FIRST SKIRMISHES.
- THE 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.
- THE MYSTERIOUS HIDING PLACE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
- A TERRIBLE FIGHT IN MEXICO.
- PLUNDERING AN IOWA BANK.
- ANOTHER BANK ROBBERY IN KENTUCKY.
- ROBBING OF THE CASH-BOX AT THE KANSAS CITY FAIR.
- PLUNDERING THE STE. GENEVIEVE BANK.
- WRECKING AND PLUNDERING A TRAIN.
- THE STAGE ROBBERY NEAR HOT SPRINGS.
- THE 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.
- THE FATAL ATTACK ON A MINNESOTA BANK.
- AT GLENDALE—THE LAST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.
- SHOOTING OF JESSE JAMES BY GEO. SHEPHERD.
- WHY DID SHEPHERD SHOOT JESSE JAMES?
- ROBBERY OF THE MAMMOTH CAVE STAGES.
- PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAMES BOYS.
- THE UNION PACIFIC EXPRESS ROBBERY.
- AN INTERVIEW WITH THE YOUNGER BROTHERS.
- ANECDOTES OF JESSE AND FRANK JAMES.
- BASSHAM'S CONFESSION OF THE GLENDALE ROBBERY.
- The James Boys Heard From Again.
- THE TRAIN ROBBERY AT WINSTON, MO., JULY 15, 1881.
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