His name remains infamous, and immediately evocative. Perhaps no figure is so instantly identified with a West that was wild, and dangerous, and still looms large—dream-like, full of big character and even huger stories—in our collective imagination. Yes, there are others: Bonnie and Clyde, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, and Buffalo Bill Cody.
(Tim Johnson)
But Jesse James stands in a category by himself. Outlaw, train robber, leader of the James Gang—and a 19th century Robin Hood? The scholars are doubtful on the last one. I travelled to Western Missouri to walk in his footsteps—his boot steps, rather—to learn more about the man, the myth, and the legend….