Born in 1883, the year after Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford and buried in his mother's backyard, Homer Croy grew up near the James farm in northwest Missouri. He talked with many old-timers who knew Jesse and Frank James and their remarkable mother, Zerelda. Eyewitness accounts (sometimes humorous) and Croy's familiarity with the milieu that produced the outlaw brothers enrich "Jesse James Was My Neighbor." Jesse read the Bible before he went out to rob a bank or train (Frank preferred Shakespeare), and he was honest ...
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Born in 1883, the year after Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford and buried in his mother's backyard, Homer Croy grew up near the James farm in northwest Missouri. He talked with many old-timers who knew Jesse and Frank James and their remarkable mother, Zerelda. Eyewitness accounts (sometimes humorous) and Croy's familiarity with the milieu that produced the outlaw brothers enrich "Jesse James Was My Neighbor." Jesse read the Bible before he went out to rob a bank or train (Frank preferred Shakespeare), and he was honest except for those raids, according to Croy. The author follows the James boys, documenting their criminal activities and their human side while sorting out the growing legend. He adds a necrology of the twenty-eight bandits who rode with the James gang at one time or another.
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Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $12.04, fair condition, Sold by Book Mob rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Nebraska Press.
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Book in acceptable condition. Size: 5x0x8; Raised lamination on the cover. Some wear on the corners. Clean pages with no markings. Ask for photos! The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Ships same day in most cases!
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $24.95, very good condition, Sold by Peninsula Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by Duell, Sloan & Pearce.
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Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. Original black cloth covers with yellow spine and cover lettering. There is a large previous owner name and address on the front end paper dated 1949. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket has some edgewear with a 2.5" chip missing along bottom edge of rear panel, not affecting the rer image of Jesse's mother standing by his grave. The dust jacket in now in a removable mylar cover. Index in the rear. Ref: Adams Six Guns523 "To me this is a most refreshing book on Jesse James."; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 313 pages.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $38.91, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $38.91, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $38.91, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Ash Grove Heirloom Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pueblo, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
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Near Fine in Good jacket. Book Book states sixth printing, Dust jacket states 4th printing. Book has a slight bump to bottom edge of both boards and former owner name on inside front board. Dust jacket has edge/corner wear and tear. as well as some closed tears and associated creasing. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart coner.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $44.42, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Nebraska Press.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $79.10, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by University of Nebraska Press.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor to cart. $99.00, very good condition, Sold by Gene W. Baade Books on West rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Renton, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by Duell Sloan and Pearce.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st printing. Cloth. 313pp. Illus. Sources. Index. Somewhat of a classic in the James Gang field. Some erasure abrasion on ffep & also a short "v" tear on same; Christmas sticker on lower rear paste down. Thus, vg in vg dj.
Add this copy of Jesse James Was My Neighbor (Author's Letter Laid in) to cart. $134.81, like new condition, Sold by Gene W. Baade Books on West rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Renton, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by Duell, Sloan Pearce.
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Fine in Fair jacket. 2nd printing. Cloth. 313pp. Index. Pencil fos/gift on ffep. Laid into this copy is a short, but wonderful T.L.S. (typed letter signed) by Croy on a small-sized printed letterhead, the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth (England). It has his corrections in ink, but reads: "April 23rd-Friend: I'm going to pull down, just as Jesse would have done, on the person who said the book was unobtainable. I'm telling the publishers to write you. I've (sic) extremely thankful the book has done so well. I was afraid a book about an outlaw would not go, but it has. Yours till General MacArthur Loves Truman. H. C." Also laid in is a small news clipping of the death of 109 year old James Russell Davis, who testified that as a member of the James gang he could identify J. Frank Dalton as Jesse James. Croy grew up close by the James family. "It seems to me I have always known the James Story." He interviewed many interesting people for this book. Fine copy in dj with several chips. Great laid in, if brief, material. Adams 150 #39, 6-guns 523.
