Jesse James, The Outlaw,
is dramatic retelling of the myth the legend and story of Jesse James. This is an exciting historical adventure from the age of the wild west and the dime novel. Jesse James is one of the most infamous American outlaws of the nineteenth century Wild West. Beginning in 1866 and based in Missouri, James and his James-Younger Gang robbed and murdered dozens of people in Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, and West Virginia. After being killed by Robert Ford in 1882, James's fame grew among the American public. This dime novel is the first in a series of tales of Jesse.