The assassination of Jesse James by the coward, Robert Ford /

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  • Auteur: Hansen, Ron,
    Contributor:

    G. Valmont Thomas

    Résumé:

    Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart nobody torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths--and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal, is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her

    Language(s): English

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G. Valmont Thomas

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Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart nobody torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths--and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal, is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her

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0394516478

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