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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828615403321

Autore

Dyer Bob <1939->

Titolo

Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri / / Robert L. Dyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia : , : University of Missouri Press, , [1994]

©1994

ISBN

0-8262-7311-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Collana

Missouri heritage readers

Disciplina

364.1/552/092

B

Soggetti

Guerrillas - Missouri

Outlaws - West (U.S.)

Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)

Readers for new literates

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-80) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Jesse James and Robin Hood""; ""How the Civil War Came to Missouri""; ""Blood on the Border""; ""Opening Guns""; ""The Battle of Wilson's Creek""; ""The Battle of Lexington""; ""The Battle of Pea Ridge""; ""Guerrilla War""; ""Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence and Order No. 11""; ""Jesse James Goes to War""; ""The Last Great Rebel Raid in Missouri""; ""The War Ends and the James Gang Is Born""; ""The First Bank Robberies (1866-1872)""; ""Trains and Pinkerton Men (1873-1876)""; ""The Final Years (1877-1882)""; ""The Legend of Jesse James""

""The Civil War as Living History""""For More Reading""; ""Index""