Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War

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Probably no American outlaw has attracted more attention--much of it flattering--than Jesse James. This revisionist biography by T.J. Stiles delves into the exciting life James led--"a tale of ambushes, gun battles, and daring raids, of narrow escapes, betrayals, and revenge." Yet it also places James within a specific political context, showing why it was possible for this murderous bandit to emerge as a folk hero among Southern sympathizers following the Civil War (in which he fought as a teenager). James is often grouped with famous frontier criminals like Billy the Kidd and Butch Cassidy, but he's best understood as a Southerner who forged partisan alliances in postwar Missouri and promoted himself as a latter-day Robin Hood. Stiles describes James as "a foul-mouthed killer who hated as fiercely as anyone on the planet" and places his life in the context of "the struggle for--or rather, against--black freedom." Stiles's fundamental point about James is as startling as it is convincing: "In his political consciousness and close alliance with a propagandist and power broker, in his efforts to win media attention with his crimes ... Jesse James was a forerunner of the modern terrorist." Tough words, but also deserved. --John J. Miller

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A brilliant biography of Jesse James, and a stunning reinterpretation of an American icon. Stripped of the familiar myths surrounding him, James emerges a far more significant figure: ruthless, purposeful, intensely political; a man who, in the midst of his crimes and notoriety, made himself a spokesman for the renewal of the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox.

Traditionally, Jesse James has been portrayed as a Wild West bandit, a Robin Hood of sorts. But in this meticulously researched, vividly written account of his life, he emerges as far more complicated. Raised in a fiercely pro-slavery atmosphere in bitterly divided Missouri, he began at sixteen to fight alongside some of the most savage Confederate guerrillas. When the Civil War ended, his violent path led him into the brutal conflicts of Reconstruction.

We follow James as he places himself squarely in the forefront of the former Confederates’ bid to capture political power with his reckless daring, his visibility, his partisan pronouncements, and his alliance with a rising ex-Confederate editor, John Newman Edwards, who helped shape James’s image for their common purpose. In uniting violence and the news media on behalf of a political cause, James was hardly the quaint figure of legend. Rather, as his life played out across the racial divide, the rise of the Klan, and the expansion of the railroads, he was a forerunner of what we have come to call a terrorist.

T.J. Stiles has written a memorable book--a revelation of both the man and his time.

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Excellent Biography of an interesting time and man.......2006-12-14

Jesse James has led a life that is shrouded in mystery. Stiles tries to put a perceptive that shows him as carrying on the civil war and fighting the style against the industrialized north that was popular at the time. It is an interesting biography and takes several different perspectives that are hard to find. There are few good James biographies out there and this is basically the best. For those looking for more on the outlaw group there are several about the whole gang but for those who just want one book about the robbers this is by far the best choice. It is thorough and gives enough information without being overbearing. Highly recommend for any civil war library as well.

Well written, but light on Jesse James.......2005-07-17

Stiles' book is a well written, well researched, and informative exploration of violence in Missouri in the Civil War era. The biggest problem, however, is that only the last few chapters focus on Jesse James. Because James did not leave behind many documents detailing his actions and motivations, Stiles provides lengthy context about the political and social environment in which James lived. Far too much context, in my opinion. The focus of his book is often far away from James's and his gang's actions. Although a historical figure cannot be divorced from the context of his/her times, a historian should not stray too far from the central figure of a biography. A more accurate title of this book would be "Jesse James's Missouri." Page after page passes with little or no reference to James or his gang. Only after Reconstruction ends does the author focus on Jesse and his crimes.
Stiles faces a problem in convincing the reader that Jesse was a diehard Confederate. Although James came from a slaveholding family and seemed to have no sympathy toward Yankees and Northern Reconstruction policies, James's Confederate identity seemed the brainchild of his greatest defender, the newspaper man John Edwards. Stiles provides little information about James's racial views, which were central to Confederate and post-war Southern politics. Although James no doubt shared the racist convictions of his day, he seemed to act with no clear idea of how his crimes would undermine Republican political aims: civil rights legislation and fiscal/state activism. Since Missouri was never officially a Confederate state, it was not occupied in the way the Deep South states were. Nor was there a large black population in Missouri. James seemed not to have directed attacks at black men or women or their white Republican allies, the people who were the targest of ex-Confederate violence in other states. Many of James's victims were Unionists. Although Unionists certainly were not liked by Confederates, James lived in a very different environment than say, South Carolina, where one's Unionist past was less important than the color of one's skin. One should also be very cautious of Stiles labeling James a "terrorist." Although there are some similarities between nineteenth century bushwhackers and present-day terrorists, the term bushwhacker or bandit for James and his gang seems sufficient.

Good, but somewhat biased.......2005-05-30

The first half of this book is a mesmerizing, and fascinating read on the young James' role in the Missouri guerilla campaign during the War Between the States. This unconventional struggle had some of the most vicious and impassioned combatants in any theatre of the war, continuing long after the Confederate surrender in 1865. Along with the combat being discussed in great detail, the book also describes the local politics and personalities of the day in a provocative and alluring manner.

Midway through the book you start to discover the author is biased in that he gives no benefit of the doubt to Jesse James' stories or those people on his side- even in circumstances where that is clearly warranted such as James' own reaction to being shot. This is partly understandable because there is no question that aside from being a legend, he was a cold-blooded killer and bank robber, as well as being a fallible man of his time.

On the flip side, if I had fought in a particularly vicious and personal Civil War between local neighbors when I was 16, my path may have been different in life as well.

Overall, a good book for a Sunday afternoon read.

Lost Cause Terrorist.......2005-04-25

With `Jesse James Last Rebel of the Civil War', J. T. Stiles has given us a most insightful, penetrating, and serious study not just of that outlaw, but more importantly, of the place and times that produced him, and which are necessary for an understanding of who and what he was. Stiles book is as much a study of the social/political/economic history of Missouri from 1845 through 1882 as it is a biography of James. Indeed, Jesse James is not even a principal actor in the book through its first one hundred pages. These are devoted to a vigorous examination of the James family, the Missouri society in which they lived, and the coming of the Civil War to that society. Outside of this context, the actions of Jesse James' life have no coherent meaning.
Stiles writes of a Missouri that was deeply divided on the burning issues of the times, both before and after the Civil War. It did not belong to any one section of the country, but contained many different inhabitants who looked variously South, North, or West for their cultural identification. When the war came, this caused violent splits in Missouri society. Great atrocities were committed by both sides as neighbors fought and killed each other in bloody, no holds barred guerrilla warfare. The end of the war with a Northern victory did not stop this conflict in Missouri, where the victors and vanquished still lived side by side, and where their pre-war differences now were enhanced by blood feuds. The Missouri guerrillas, or Bushwhackers as they were known, continued right on fighting for their Lost Cause, still hoping to shape the future of their state according to their values. It was as one of them, fighting for the Lost Cause of the South, that Jesse James made his mark on history.
Jesse James entered manhood and history as a sixteen year old, riding with the infamous Bloody Bill Anderson's band of Bushwhackers. Stiles sees this as the experience that left an indelible mark on Jesse's character, predetermining the direction that this intelligent, outgoing young man would take for the rest of his violent life. It was here that he learned to kill ruthlessly for his cause, and to love the excitement of the violent life. It was also here where he met the men who would be his partners in his outlaw endeavors, men who were bound by their war-time experience and loyalties, and who all shared the vision of the Lost Cause.
The years after the war were a time of great political conflict in Missouri. Confederate Democrats fought Unionist Democrats, and they both fought Radical Republicans for control of the state. According to Stiles, this was Jesse's battle ground. He points to the friendship between Jesse and Confederate newspaperman John Newman Edwards, whose editorials made Jesse famous, and suggests that they actually were working in partnership - Jesse as the warrior, and Edwards as the propagandist creating a hero for the Confederate Democrats to rally around. He makes a strong case that nearly all of the robberies committed by the James gang were carefully crafted to create the maximum political effect, and suggests that Jesse should be seen not in the context of social bandit, as he often has been cast, but as a prototype of the modern political terrorist. After reading all of the evidence that Stiles presents in this carefully researched book, this interpretation of Jesse James looks not only possible, but probable.
This book is recommended for anyone with an interest in the Civil War and Reconstruction, as well as those interested in the James gang.

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From one Missourian to another.......2005-04-22

I grew up in Jackson County, Missouri, the backyard of the James family and the true heart of the Civil War. The war in the east was grand, sweeping, and all-encompassing in scope, but the war in the west was vicious, brutal, and very, very personal. Even a hundred years after the war, the divisions between Missourians and Kansans was still evident, and even the divisions between Missourians of southern heritage compared to those from northern families was still in evidence. Stiles, being from Minnesota, does have a northern imprint on his work, whether you accept that fact or not. But despite some of his obvious biases against the South, his excellent work here has done a marvelous job in digging out the underlying tensions and history to a very complex subject - the emotional and political structure of a frontier society thrust into the largest event in American history. That Jesse James was racist, none can deny, but Stiles and many others view that mindset from a 21st century perspective, rather than a 19th century one, in which even President Lincoln himself did not accept the equality of the races and did not feel that black men were to have any parity with white men. Stiles also ignores the tremendous effect of the abolition movement in Missouri and Kansas, in which groups from the northeast, who had no connection to the area whatsoever, attempted to influence the politics of the region and shut down slavery, which like it or not, was legal and the economic backbone of the area. This is akin to Europeans coming to America, and attempting to establish laws in which pickup trucks and SUV's are to be made illegal, damned the effect on local families and their livelihoods. Needless to say, they opposed these attempts and the result was "Bleeding Kansas", and the impetus of the formation of groups such as Kansas state senator Jim Lane's Jayhawkers, who continually raided and burned Missouri farms. Lawrence, Kansas, was targeted by Quantrill precisely because Lawrence was Abolition Central and the home of Jim Lane, and to avenge the murderous raids into Jackson, Clay, and Cass counties. It became so bad that this area was known as the "Burnt District", where nearly every farm for miles was burned and destroyed, and the Union Army actually declared with Order No. 11 that families were to vacate the area, rather than the Army restoring order and to protect its citizens. It is actions such as these that continued to drive groups like Quantrill's and Bloody Bill Anderson's. After several years of war, they ended up with an entire generation of young men who knew nothing but death and destruction, and for many of them, going to a civil life was impossible. Follow this with the policies of Reconstruction, and a new cause was born. Certainly Jesse James loved this life, and knew no other, and men like Edwards capitalized on it to further political agendas. Typical works on Jesse James and the Civil War ignore the great political and pure emotional instability of the Missouri-Kansas border, and how truly personal the war was here, and how it really defined the word "civil war", on par with those in recent years in the Balkans. Another excellent work that gives insight on the Reconstruction years and the terrible effects of that period is Leon Metz's "John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas", which also gives excellent insight into how war and a violent upbringing can produce such terrible and brutal killers.
There is no doubt that technology was rapidly making slavery out-moded and impractical, and it would have ended anyway. I think people like Jesse knew this as well, and whether he was defending some southern philosophy of plantation living, I have serious doubts. Abolitionists were often as racist as the men they opposed; even men like Grant owned slaves. In short, I think Jesse was simply a megalomaniac who enjoyed his aura of celebrity, and was more than happy to allow men like Edwards to use it, as it assisted him in his endeavors. That Jesse also chose his targets carefully is true too, he had many enemies and many scores to settle. If he could enrich himself, smite his enemies, and satisfy a politcal agenda all in one fell swoop, why wouldn't he? For the casual Jesse James buff, this book is not for you. This book gives a very detailed history and picture of the political life of the border region, a complete accounting of life at that time. If you are looking for the "whys" and "hows" that monsters like Jesse James, Bloody Bill Anderson, and William Quantrill are created, this is a great start. Another good companion book is Jay Monaghan's "Civil War on the western border, 1854-1865", which details "bleeding Kansas" and the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska act very well, the forerunners to the Civil War in the west. Even Hollywood got in the act with Clint Eastwood's "Outlaw Josey Wales", a story of a Missouri farmer who entered the war in the same fashion as many of James' contemporaries.

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Designed to for a one-semester Western humanities course, this concise text offers a lavishly produced art program and abridged literary selections. The revised fourth edition has been updated throughout and now includes a unit on the twenty-first century.

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PERFECT!.......2007-05-13

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Humanities in Western Culture, Brief Revised Fourth Edition

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Here is the first complete portrait of the legendary flying dragons of deep time–the pterosaurs–designed for non-specialists, yet founded on the real science of these bizarre creatures. Presented lucidly and accessibly by one of the world’s leading experts, David Unwin’s book is built on a mountain of new fossil discoveries and the latest research.

About 220 millions years ago, a group of reptiles took to the Earth’s vast and open skies. No longer tethered to the ground, the earliest pterosaurs evolved into a multitude of diverse forms, spread around the globe, and ruled the skies until they went extinct along with the dinosaurs about 65 millions years ago, rarely leaving fossils as a record of their existence. What they did leave was a mystery for paleontologists to solve; an enigma so difficult to crack that it took centuries of false starts and missteps before the path to a true understanding of pterosaurs was uncovered.

Now, an understanding of the fundamental nature of these strange creatures is finally possible. In the last 15 years, stunning new fossil finds and significant advances in technology have led to a breakthrough in our knowledge of pterosaurs. New fossils of the earliest species were discovered in Italy, a remarkably well-preserved and complete wing was found in Central Asia, and, most extraordinarily, a pterosaur embryo inside an egg was unearthed in China. CAT scanning has let researchers glimpse inside pterosaur skulls and construct three-dimensional images of their bodies from crushed bones, and modern techniques for analyzing relationships between species have revealed surprising insights into the evolution of the group.

Drawing on these and other advances, David Unwin, caretaker of Archaeopteryx and curator at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, paints pterosaurs and their world more vividly than has previously been possible. He eloquently reconstructs their biology and behavior. Pterosaurs weren’t scaly like dinosaurs, but hairy; most were brightly colored and adorned with remarkable head crests; they were excellent fliers with physiologically sophisticated wings; they walked on all fours; and varied in size from eight inches to forty feet in wingspan. He shows how they lived their lives, raised their young, and interacted with the different environments of Mesozoic Earth. Then, building on his thorough examination of their anatomy and lifestyle, and using the powerful technique of cladistic analysis, Unwin unravels the evolutionary history of pterosaurs and establishes their place in the one great tree of life.

Packed with 95 color and 30 black and white illustrations–including 10 full-page original color paintings that are scientific recreations of different pterosaur species–The Pterosaurs From Deep Time takes readers on an wondrous expedition back through the lost world of the Earth’s deep past.

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Great work.......2006-12-16

The pterosaurs were the group of flying reptiles (probably) that lived during the time of dinosaurs. Little was known about them until the last three decades when numerous fossil finds on multiple continents cleared up many things about them such as their reproduction (eggs), skeletal structure (hollow bones with air sacs), development (continuous growth), etc... This book summarizes all of this knowledge into one work that is easy to read, very informative, and well organized. The text is interspersed with numerous figures ranging from photos and micrographs of fossils to color illustrations. The book's chapters focus on specific parts of the pterosaus such as their flying skills, walking skills, childhood, etc... The author does a great job of describing what is known about pterosaurs, what is unknown, and how scientists have arrived at these conclusions. The use of science is quite liberal as the author refers to physics, aerodynamics, biochemistry, taxonomy and other fields in the explanation of the book's concepts. As such, I would not recommend it for anyone without a high school diploma at least. But for those with a good general background in science, this book is quite enjoyable.

The Gold Standard.......2006-03-22

An outstanding work, David Unwin's book 'The Pterosaurs from Deep Time' should be considered the standard by which other popular (and even textbook!) books on paleontology should be compared. If only something similar could be written about the various sea-reptiles of the Mesozoic! Very well researched, excellent diagrams, photos and artwork, all the latest information, truly brilliant!

Best Pterosaur book in print.......2005-11-27

This is by far the best book on pterosaurs for the non-technical reader in print. Only the 1990 or 1991 extremely well-illustrated _Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs_ by Peter Wellenhoffer has better photos and artwork; it is out of print and dated in many ways (and difficult to find at a reasonable price). Unwin discusses a number of recent fossil finds, including discoveries of pterosaur eggs with embryos from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous Lianong Province of China, and eggs from other deposits as well. I was particularly impressed by the specimen that had the fragment of plant material lodged in the lower jaw of the animal, keeping the pterosaur from being able to feed or close its mouth properly. In spite of the fragile and often fragmentary nature of the fossil record for pterosaurs, there are some really fantastic specimens turning up from time to time.

Giving this book less than 5 stars is shameful!

If you are interested in pterosaurs, BUY THIS BOOK!

The only problem I had with this book was that the Publisher originally set a publication date in the spring of 2005. I ordered well in advance, but was dismayed to see that the date of publication was continuously pushed back; everytime I checked the date was moved. I didn't get my copy until the end of August/early September.

Flying, landing and laying.......2005-11-10

My credentials. I work on pterosaurs (among other things) at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

I'm a pal of Dave Unwin (he looks like Bill Clinton). I have worked with him on ocassions on problems of pterosaur anatomy. He borrowed my house to write part of this book and I was one of several so-called 'experts' invited to read the book as he wrote it. I read every single word two or three times and even read one chapter while flying over his mum's house in Uttoxeter. I chuckled at some of the jokes, and deleted a few in case they trivialised his case. A wry sense of humour and a vivid imagination are a part of the charm of this book. Anyway, just in case you think I am biased by association, I can assure you that this brief review is heartfelt and honest.

This book is an excellent, entertaining and highly informative account of the biology of a group of animals that are (were), without doubt among the most fascinating creatures to have walked and flew the planet. Unwin's style is relaxed and makes reading a pleasure. Pretty well every aspect of pterosaur biology and evolutionary history is touched on. He makes good clear arguments for our deductions about these wonderful animal's behaviour, physiology and locomotion. Where the evidence is vague, or absent he says so.

One exciting aspect is the case Unwin makes for precocious flight in pterosaurs. Rare examples of fossil pterosaur eggs with embryos inside (if there were no embryos we wouldn't have recognised them as eggs) show that just bgefore hatching pterosaur babies had all of their skeleton fully formed and had wing bones with pretty well the same ratios as found in adults. Along with very rare examples of fossilised baby pterosaurs found in deposits formed miles away from land, this suggests that pterosaurs could fly soon after hatching. That might not be so remarkable, but when one consider that a baby pterosaur with a wing span comparable to a thrush then goes onto to achieve a wingspan greater than a Spitfire it seems to be quite remarkable.

I am recommending this book to anyone with an interest in natural history or flight.. it certainly is not just for dinophiles.

And if anyone reads the acknowledgments in this book, you might like to know that we no longer use flea spray, but instead drop that funny stuff on the back of the cats' necks now... it does the trick.

Norway.......2005-10-18

This book is great!! It gives an in depth vieu on these animal evolved and functioned, without getting the reader bogged down in dry technical descriptions. I recommend the book to any interested well read dinophile.

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Contribution of pollution from different types of sources in Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, has been estimated in winter 1993 using two approaches in order to delineate and prioritize air quality management strategies for the development of region in an environmental friendly manner. The first approach mainly aims at preparation of a comprehensive emission inventory and estimation of spatial distribution of pollution loads in terms of SO"2 and NO"2 from different types of industrial, domestic and vehicular sources in the region. The results indicate that industrial sources account for 77% and 68% of the total emissions of SO"2 and NO"2, respectively, in the region, whereas vehicular emissions contributed to about 28% of the total NO"2 emissions. In the second approach, contribution of these sources to ambient air quality levels to which the people are exposed to, was assessed through air pollution dispersion modelling. Ambient concentration levels of SO"2 and NO"2 have been predicted in winter season using the ISCST3 model. The analysis indicates that emissions from industrial sources are responsible for more than 50% of the total SO"2 and NO"2 concentration levels. Vehicular activities contributed to about 40% of NO"2 pollution and domestic fuel combustion contributed to about 38% of SO"2 pollution. Predicted 24-h concentrations were compared with measured concentrations at 11 ambient air monitoring stations and good agreement was noted between the two values. In-depth zone-wise analysis of the above indicates that for effective air quality management, industrial source emissions should be given highest priority, followed by vehicular and domestic sources in Jamshedpur region.

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