{"product_id":"9780375705588","title":"Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eStiles, T.J.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/28\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary   outlaw Jesse James.  Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the   old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of   the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant   figure.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Carries the reader scrupulously through James’s violent, violent life.... When [Stiles]… calls Jesse James the ‘last rebel of the Civil War; he correctly defines the theme that ruled Jesse’s life.\" —Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Lonesome Dove \u003c\/i\u003evia\u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRaised in a fiercely pro-slavery household in bitterly divided Missouri,   at age sixteen James became a bushwhacker, one of the savage Confederate guerrillas   that terrorized the border states.  After the end of the war, James continued his   campaign of robbery and murder into the brutal era of reconstruction, when his reckless   daring, his partisan pronouncements, and his alliance with the sympathetic editor   John Newman Edwards placed him squarely at the forefront of the former Confederates’   bid to recapture political power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With meticulous research and vivid accounts of   the dramatic adventures of the famous gunman, T. J. Stiles shows how he resembles   not the apolitical hero of legend, but rather a figure ready to use violence to command   attention for a political cause—in many ways, a forerunner of the modern terrorist.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42914136064255,"sku":"9780375705588","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375705588_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597775","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375705588","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}