National Geographic History - 01.2019 - 02.2019

Jesse Jam d through all

the land

For Jesse he was bold and bad and brave

Such is how one version of the popular

19th-century ballad “Jesse James” depicted the

infamous Missouri outlaw. And, to a certain extent,

s.

Rise of an

American Outlaw

MARK LEE GARDNER

JESSE

JA M E S