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'''Jesse James''' was a feared outlaw in the [[19th century]]. Along with his brother/partner [[Frank James]], he scourged the Missouri countryside, committing several stagecoach and bank robberies. He was shot in the back by a [[bounty hunter]], [[Bob Ford]]. Though Robert Ford as a personal friend of the James brothers, he turned traitor on account of a reward being offered by [[Gov. Crittendon]].

'''Jesse James''' (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was a feared outlaw in the [[19th century]] American West. Along with his brother/partner [[Frank James]], he scourged the Missouri countryside, committing several stagecoach and bank robberies. He was shot in the back and killed in St. Joseph, Missouri by a bounty hunter, [[Robert Ford]], on April 3, 1882. Though Ford was a personal friend of the James brothers and a member of their gang, he turned traitor on account of a reward being offered by Missouri governor Thomas T. Crittenden.

 

Since his death, Jesse James has become a legendary and controversial figure in Wild West lore, with many historical revisionist accounts (including in literature and Hollywood Westerns) portraying him as a [[Robin Hood]] type of figure.

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