The Chivalry of Crime: A Novel
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ISBN: 0316120847 / Publisher: Back Bay Books, March 2001
A novel of the outlaw Jesse James weaves actual characters and events into a fictional narrative centered on one of America's most enduring myths. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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The Chivalry of Crime, is the story of one of America's most compelling figures, the outlaw gunslinger Jesse James. Bringing real and invented characters together in a dramatic and moving story, The Chivalry of Crime mingles the life of an imaginary boy with a factually faithful account of the lives of Jesse James and Robert Ford, the man who killed James, in the days when shootists were legends. Joshua, a young, idealistic friend of Ford's, is determined to get a gun of his own -- a desire that puts his own life in jeopardy and reveals the painful realities masked by some of America's most cherished myths.
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