After building a world-famous brand and multiple companies, Jesse James has one goal: helping others find success in what they love.Throughout his career, Jesse James has been known as many things: star of Discover Channel’s Monster Garage, criminal, thrill seeker, husband, father, entrepreneur. With all these titles, Jesse has built his empire on one common theme—hard work. In an era of instant gratification, he knows the value of persistence and how disc...

The New York Times bestselling self-portrait of a flawed but determined Jesse James: rebel, outlaw, gearhead, artist, entrepreneur, lost son, and fiercely committed father.Jesse James is everything you imagined him to be—and more than you ever expected.He has led a violent life. He’s survived lower depths, faced harder times, and beaten down more private demons than most—and lived to tell his story with honesty, introspection, and ...

At sixteen, Jesse James began his fighting career by killing Unionist neighbours on their doorsteps. In the bloodshed and bitterness that followed the South's surrender at Appomattox, Jesse and his fellow guerillas, with their gunfights and hold-ups, became part of the intensely brutal struggle by the White South against the racial egalitarianism and Federal power fostered by Reconstruction.In the first serious biography of Jesse James in forty years, T. J. Stiles paints a striking...

The ancient Greek world was permeated with international law, the binding rules of behavior that Greeks across the Mediterranean followed and enforced for centuries. But why was international law effective in this world? Laws of All the Greeks offers an original answer rooted in contemporary social theory, presenting a definitive account of ancient Greek international law while delving into the social and psychological foundations that made it potent and durable. Challenging recen...

There is no western outlaw more infamous and notorious than Jesse James. A Confederate guerilla during the Civil War, he and his brother, as the leaders of numerous gangs of the Wild West, turned to a life of crime and robbery that lasted more than a decade. James’s life has been the subject of hundreds of books, films, and television shows, but none more vividly captures the actual life story of the legendary criminal than Frank Triplett’s definitive biography.The author, then an ...

Jesse Woodson James is an iconic figure in American history, often romanticized as a daring bank and train robber, a guerrilla fighter, and the notorious leader of the James–Younger Gang. Born on September 5, 1847, in Clay County, Missouri, Jesse grew up in a region known as "Little Dixie," where the culture and values were deeply rooted in Southern traditions. This upbringing played a significant role in shaping his identity and allegiances throughout his life.During the American ...

Jesse James galt bereits zu Lebzeiten als Legende des Wilden Westens und erwarb sich zusammen mit seinem Bruder Frank und den Gebrüdern Younger den Ruf eines skrupellosen Bank-, Postkutschen- und Eisenbahnräubers, der anders als die Legende, zu keiner Zeit der "Robin Hood" des Wilden Westens war, der die Reichen bestahl, um es den Armen zu geben. Der Autor verfolgt in seinem Buch den Lebensweg von Frank und Jesse James von der Kindheit bis zu Jesses Tod durch das Bandenmitglied Bob Ford.

No coração turbulento da América pós-Guerra Civil, onde as fronteiras se confundiam entre lei e vingança, nasceu uma lenda que atravessaria gerações. Seu nome ecoou pelos vales do Missouri, pelas pradarias poeirentas e pelas páginas da história como um sussurro entre o herói e o fora-da-lei: Jesse Woodson James.

In 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.Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery household in bitterly divided Misssouri, at age sixteen James became a bushwhacker, one of the savage Confederat...

Notorious for his widely publicized bank and train robberies, Jesse James will forever be known as the American outlaw and gang leader. James began his infamous career during the Civil War, as part of a group of Confederate guerrilla fighters in his native state of Missouri. But as the war ended, James turned his life toward crime and soon became a man on the run from the law. Joined by his older brother, Frank, and another set of brothers, James became one of the leaders of the f...

A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after the war and how he became a wanted man. Since it was written by his son, it is a little biased and we are not told anything about any crimes Jesse and his gang committed. Some of the stories of Jesse's war adventures are a little hard to believe, but a good read nonetheless.

Le bandit bien-aimé.Missouri, 1863. En pleine guerre de Sécession, la ferme des James est saccagée par une patrouille nordiste. Leur brutalité marque au fer rouge le jeune Jesse, qui n’aspire plus qu’à se venger ! Fervent partisan de la cause du Sud, il rejoint les Bushwackers de « Bloody Bill » Anderson dans leur guérilla meurtrière, apprenant à piller, voler et tuer sous couvert d’une morale viciée par le traumatisme de la guerre civile. Au rétablissemen...