Last rebel of the civil war has received such media attention is that it is only the second booklength study of the outlaw to take a scholarly look at himthat is, to truly try to explain him in the context of his times, rather than simply throwing a few more pebbles on the pile of details. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Last rebel of the civil war, published by alfred a. Stiles dives deep into the missouri political picture before, during and after the civil war. Stiles born 1964 in foley, minnesota is an american biographer who lives in berkeley. Sep 17, 2002 a brilliant biography of jesse james, and a stunning reinterpretation of an american icon. Jesse james is one of those historical figures ive never known very much about. Out of this conflict comes an opportunist, jesse w. Larry mcmurtry, the new republic a fascinating challnge to old legends. Last rebel of the civil war is a gripping, welldocumented and convincingly argued reinterpretation of jesse james life and legend, and his place in american history. Today, with a white nationalist installed as president.
The arkansas historical quarterly, established in 1942, is the scholarly journal of the arkansas historical association. Stiles expertlycrafted tale of jesse james as the last rebel and how he carried on the civil war in the state of missouri from 1865 to the ultimate confederate political victory in the centennial year of 1876. This book forcefully sets jesse james in the context of his times, firmly identifying him as a violent and effective confederate partisan. Fate, 18761882, covering the aftermath of the failed northfield robbery, and jesse jamess brief return to crime, ending in his assassination. Jul 28, 2011 american outlaws is a 2001 western film directed by les mayfield and starring colin farrell, scott caan, and ali larter.
Last rebel of the civil war in pdf and epub format. The secessionists in missouri, including governor claiborne fox jackson, attempted to drive the union army out of the state but were eventually defeated. Today, with a white nationalist installed as president, jesse james is perhaps even more relevant than when it was first. He was born on september 5th, 1847 and was a criminal of the old west along with his brother, frank james. Although several major battles were fought in the state between confederate and union forces, much of the fighting in missouri was an ugly form of terrorism carried out by loose bands of missouri guerrillas, by kansas jayhawkers, or by marauding patrols of union soldiers. A teenager when he rode off to join confederate guerrillas in 1864, jesse james never really stopped fighting the civil war. Stiles also disposes easily of the image of social bandits defending the peasantry. Raised in the little dixie area of western missouri, james and his family maintained strong southern sympathies. Apr 09, 2005 jesse s war was, as stiles notes, smallscale, intensely personal, and intensely vicious. Jesse james and the road to gallatin true west magazine. Raised in a fiercely proslavery atmosphere in bitterly divided missouri, he began at sixteen to fight alongside some of the most. The james family owned seven slaves and a substantial farm that grew hemp and tobacco for the market before the civil war. May 01, 2018 out of this conflict comes an opportunist, jesse w. The civil war in missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction.
Here you can download all books for free in pdf or epub format. Stiles book jesse james last rebel of the civil war vintiage civil war library. Stiles jesse james, last rebel of the civil war, both the historical, social, and political factors that influenced james and his life as a bandit are detailed and integrated to form a cogent picture of the man versus what popular legend states. On this day in history, outlaw jesse james took a bullet. Last rebel of the civil war, authorities were ready to strike when old quantrill and anderson men appeared on the list of suspects. Jesse james, one of the most violent outlaws of the wild west, got his first taste for violence as a civil war guerrilla fighting for the confederates although he came to be known as one of the most dangerous bandits of the west, james started out his life as a religious, peaceful farm boy who seemed destined for a career as a minister, like his father robert, who. Gritty, thorough, and insightful, stiles book is a fabulous look into the turbulent times of the 1860s,70s,80s from the perspective of the state of mo. Stiles theorizes that james was not the robin hood kind of brigand, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, hes been made out to be by innumerable. When americas civil war began, in april of 1861, jesse james was fourteen years old.
The older brother of outlaw jesse james, frank was also part of the jamesyounger gang. Alexander franklin frank james january 10, 1843 february 18, 1915 was a confederate soldier and guerrilla. The james family was from the heavily confederate western portion of the state. The american civil war began in 1861, when james was eighteen years old. He was the youngest child of james thomas ford and his wife, the former mary bruin. The southern army is trying to track down the yankee army during the civil. Download and disturb books online, epub pdf online audible kindle is an easy way to corner, books for discordant. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw jesse james. It publishes research on every aspect of arkansass history, from earliest human habitation to the twentyfirst century. On september, 1861, the missouri state guard, including private frank.
In fact, as stiles reveals in jesse james, last rebel of the civil war, jesse james had nothing to do with cowboys and indians but had everything to do with attempts to secure slavery in missouri. Thus, i feel especially qualified to opine about any book regarding ted bundy, al capone, or jesse james. Gunslingers s01 ep03 jesse james the souths last rebel hd watch. Jesse woodson james was americas most romanticized bandit, celebrated as a kind of avenging robin hood. Once, at a custer conference in st paul, minnesota yes, there are such things, and yes, many do dress in cavalry. His jesse james last rebel of the civil war essay approach boosts your confidence and makes difficult stuff look easy. Stiles talked about jesse james within the context of the civil war. Last rebel of the civil war english pdf book title. Sumter, in charleston harbor, jesse was living at home, on the james family farm. Robert ford was born in 1862, in ray county, missouri. Watch jesse james american experience official site pbs.
Jesse james, the outlaw, had parents of strong vintage, yet with troubles in their own lives. The last rebel posted on december 4, 20 february 28, 2017 by kim seabrook jesse james was a hero of the american west but also a coldbloodied killer, a proslavery rebel who fought in the vicious internecine struggle on the kansasmissouri border during the civil war he refused to surrender at the end of it, and was determined. Yet another jesse james image american civil war forums. Union commanders remained gravely concerned about the crisis in missouri. One hundred and twenty years after that dirty little coward robert ford shot jesse james in the back of the head while the latter stood on a chair to dust a picture in his missouri home, scholars continue to debate the outlaws importance in american social history.
The typical book about jesse james briefly discusses his familys history, usually in a few pages, and covers the civil war in perhaps one chapter. Yeatman basically argues that settles account was the only reliable text on james to come out prior to the 1990s. It certainly seems that but for the civil war the james and younger boys who both came from prosperous upper middle income families most likely would not have chosen crime. James who uses the civil war as a springboard to fame and cementing his legacy as one of the greatest and cerberal outlaws of all time. Use the button available on this page to download or read a book online. A vexing number of factions hunted each other through the regions canebrakes and forests, staging ambushes, assassinating suspected enemies, spreading. One hundred and twenty years after that dirty little coward. The state was part of the union, yet it was filled with roaming confederate guerillas helped by a sympathetic, cooperating public.
Although he has often been portrayed as a robin hood of the old west, in this groundbreaking work stiles places james within the context of the bloody conflicts of the civil war to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure. Raised in a fiercely proslavery atmosphere in bitterly divided missouri, he began at sixteen to fight. Last rebel of the civil war is a thorough study of how jesse james became the man he was and why his legend grew beyond mere outlaw status. Quantrill, bloody bill anderson, and all, with whom the stillteenage jesse rode.
Gunslingers s01 ep03 jesse james the souths last rebel. A brilliant biography of jesse james, and a stunning reinterpretation of an american icon. We waited a long time to catch jesse without his revolvers, robert would say later, according to jesse james. Project muse jesse james and the civil war in missouri. Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, james emerges a far more significant figure. Emsaver diwezhan eus brezel an digevredin jesse james. Jesse woodson james september 5, 1847 april 3, 1882 was an american outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the jamesyounger gang. American outlaws is a 2001 western film directed by les mayfield and starring colin farrell, scott caan, and ali larter. Stiles paints a broad canvas, placing james in the wider political settings of the civil war and reconstruction. Traditionally, jesse james has been portrayed as a wild west bandit, a robin hood of sorts. Stiles free pdf d0wnl0ad, audio books, books to read, good books to read, cheap books, good books, online. Jesse james, last rebel of the civil war takes its subject seriously.
The unromantic truth is that jesse spent much of his illgotten gains on fine horseflesh and gambling. When stiles, in his subtitle, calls jesse james the last rebel fo the civil war. John newman edwards, sedalia daily democrat, april, 1882, quoted in william a. Carries the reader scrupulously through jamess violent, violent life.
He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, is the one line i now remember. Southern kansas and much of missouri were battlegrounds for abolitionist and antiabolitionist forces. Jesse, still harboring a serious grudge against the north, wanted to go all the way up that far north and rob the bank, for several reasons, one of which was to tell the yankees that he was still. Stiles was about a man named jesse james who spent most of his life participating in criminal activity. Jun 11, 2017 this talk was part of the annual conference hosted by the civil war institute at gettysburg college. Oct 11, 2011 jesse james, one of the most violent outlaws of the wild west, got his first taste for violence as a civil war guerrilla fighting for the confederates although he came to be known as one of the most dangerous bandits of the west, james started out his life as a religious, peaceful farm boy who seemed destined for a career as a minister, like his father robert, who died in california while. James had been a confederate guerrilla during the war, and stiles discusses at considerable length and with insight the bestknown guerrilla bands of the war, william c. But in this meticulously researched, vividly written account of his life, he emerges as far more complicated. The book explores the life of one of americas most famous names and chronicles his life from his. Stiles the latest and bestever biography of jesse james tears down the myth to reveal not a latterday robin hood, but a greedy, presssavvy bandit.
Read jesse james pdf last rebel of the civil war by t. Last rebel of the civil war american civil war forums. There are sixtynine pages of footnotes, sixteen pages of bibliography. Last rebel of the civil war by tj stiles 546pp, jonathan cape. Last rebel of the civil war pdf book author, online pdf book editor jesse james. The authors descriptions of the events leading up to the war in the west and the complex political struggle after the war are clear and vivid. Jesse james was, bar none, the most famous criminal of the old west, in part because of his addictively alliterative name. As a young man, robert became an admirer of jesse james for his civil war record and criminal exploits.