Jesse James My Father. The First And Only True Story of His Adventures Ever Writ

Very light scar to board frame on cover. 1988 Reprint of the 1899.Triton Press. 198 Pages.

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Product description: HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED ABOUT JESSE JAMES, AND WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "THE JAMES BAND." MANY OF THESE BOOKS WERE FALSE FROM COVER TO COVER. A FEW HAD IN THEM A GRAIN OR TWO OF TRUTH UPON WHICH WERE STRUNG WHOLE CHAPTERS OF UNTRUTHS. I HAVE READ THEM ALL, AND THERE IS NOTONE OF THEM THAT DID NOT DO CRUEL INJUSTICE TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND TO HIS FAMILY. IN NONE OF THESE BOOKS, AND IN NONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, HAVE I SEEN HIM CREDITED WITH HAVING IN HIS NATURE ANY OF THE HUMAN ATTRIBUTES OF KINDNESS, CHARITY OR HONESTY OF PURPOSE. IN ALL OF THESE WRITINGS HIS TRUE CHARACTERS IS ENTIRELY LOST SIGHT AND DISTORTED INTO THAT OF A VERITABLE FRANKENSTEIN WHO SLEW MERCILESSLY AND ROBBED FOR THE NAME OF MERE LOVE AND ADVENTURE. THIS IS BECAUSE THESE WRITING WERE DONE BY THOSE WHO NEVER KNEW MY FATHER. I DEFY THE WORLD TO SHOW THAT HE EVER SLEW A HUMAN BEING EXCEPT IN THE PROTECTION OF HIS OWN LIFE OR AS A SOLDIER IN HONORABLE WARFARE. HIS ONLY BROTHER, WHOSE NAME WAS LINKED WITH HIS IN ALL THE YEARS OF HIS LIFE, IS A FREE MAN TO-DAY, ACQUITTED OF ALL CRIME. Format:Paperback Author:Jesse Jr. James Language:English manufacturer:Triton Press