Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, the noted western outlaws

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE JAMES FAMILY.

CHAPTER II. FRANK AND JESSE.

CHAPTER III. IN THE GUERRILLA CAMP.

CHAPTER IV. BLOODY WAR.

CHAPTER V. AT THE SACK OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

CHAPTER VI. A GORY RECORD.

CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURES IN SEPARATE FIELDS.

CHAPTER VIII. THE BRANDENBURG, KY., TRAGEDY.

CHAPTER IX. THE LIBERTY BANK AFFAIR.

CHAPTER X. JESSE'S SORTIE AGAINST THE MILITIAMEN.

CHAPTER XI. IN THE HANDS OF FRIENDS.

CHAPTER XII. THE RUSSELLVILLE BANK ROBBERY.

CHAPTER XIII. ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.

CHAPTER XIV. WERE THEY DRIVEN TO OUTLAWRY?

CHAPTER XV. THE GALLATIN BANK TRAGEDY.

CHAPTER XVI. ATTEMPT TO ARREST THE BOYS.

CHAPTER XVII. OUTRAGE AT COLUMBIA, KENTUCKY.

CHAPTER XVIII. OUT OF EXILE.

CHAPTER XIX. THE CORYDON RAID.

CHAPTER XX. THE CASH BOX OF THE FAIR.

CHAPTER XXI. STE. GENEVIEVE.

CHAPTER XXII. A RAILWAY TRAIN ROBBED IN IOWA.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE GAINS' PLACE STAGE ROBBERY.

CHAPTER XXIV. GADSHILL.

CHAPTER XXV. AFTER GADSHILL.

CHAPTER XXVI. WHICHER'S RIDE TO DEATH.

CHAPTER XXVII. A NIGHT RAID OF DETECTIVES.

CHAPTER XXVIII. PROPOSED AMNESTY.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE SAN ANTONIO-AUSTIN STAGE PLUNDERED.

CHAPTER XXX. FARMER ASKEW'S FATE.

CHAPTER XXXI. GOLD DUST THE MUNCIE BUSINESS.

CHAPTER XXXII. OTHER EXPLOITS.

CHAPTER XXXIII. JESSE'S WOOING AND WEDDING.

CHAPTER XXXIV. A DREAM OF LOVE.

CHAPTER XXXV. FAIR ANNIE RALSTON, THE OUTLAW'S BRIDE.

CHAPTER XXXVI. A SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR HAUL.

CHAPTER XXXVII. IN MINNESOTA.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ATTACK AT NORTHFIELD HAYWOOD'S DEATH.

CHAPTER XXXIX. ESCAPE OF FRANK AND JESSE JAMES.

CHAPTER XL. A VISIT TO CARMEN.

CHAPTER XLI. THE ROBBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS.

CHAPTER XLII. EXCURSIONS INTO MEXICO.

CHAPTER XLIII. DEATH TO BORDER BRIGANDS.

CHAPTER XLIV. A GOLDEN HARVEST REAPED BY OUTLAWS.

CHAPTER XLV. A VISIT TO FRANK JAMES' HOME.

CHAPTER XLVI. EPISTLES OF JESSE JAMES.

CHAPTER XLVII. GLENDALE.

CHAPTER XLVIII. HUNTING CLUES.

CHAPTER XLIX. GEORGE W. SHEPHERD.

CHAPTER L. PURSUIT OF THE GLENDALE ROBBERS.

CHAPTER LI. ALLEN PARMER.

CHAPTER LII. JESSE JAMES STILL A FREE ROVER.

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LIFE AND ADVENTURES
OF
FRANK AND JESSE JAMES

THE

NOTED WESTERN OUTLAWS.

BY

HON. J. A. DACUS, Ph. D.


"Strange murmurs fill my tingling ears,
Bristles my hair, my sinews quake,
At this dread tale of reckless deeds."


ILLUSTRATED.

ST. LOUIS:
W. S. BRYAN, Publisher,
602 North Fourth Street.
San Francisco: A. L. BANCROFT & CO., 721 Market Street.
Indianapolis: FRED. L. HORTON & CO., 66 East Market Street.
Chicago: J. S. GOODMAN, 142 LaSalle Street.
1880.

Copyrighted, 1879, by W. S. BRYAN

JESSE JAMES.

FROM A LATE PHOTOGRAPH.

Copyrighted, 1880, by W. S. Bryan. The copyright laws will be rigidly enforced against any person making or disposing of copies of this picture.

Frank James. Jesse James.

Engraved from Photographs taken about the close of the war.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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