The man :
- Jesse James
(Wikipedia)
He "was an American outlaw and the most famous member of the James-Younger
gang.
He became a figure of folklore after his death. He was most famous as
a notorious train robber and desperado."
1 Early life
2 After the Civil War
3 Pinkertons engaged
4 Downfall of the gang
5 Murder/assassination
6 Rumors of survival
7 Legacy
8 Popular culture 8.1 Festivals 8.2 Music and literature 8.3
Movies and television
9 Museums
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links
Photos :
Festivals :
INTERACTIVE activities :
- Jesse
James - Quiz (funtrivia.com)
"This quiz is about one of the most controversial outlaws of
the Old West."
Webquests :
- Ghosts
of the Past.... - Analyzing the Wild, Wild West (bsd.k12.in.us)
"You must learn about the times and historical figures of the
"Wild West" in American history, and then choose a character
that you find especially interesting to research further. You will write
a short paper about your character and then use this person as the basis
for your presentation..."
Stories :
Poems :
- Jesse
James (ballad) - (thestarlitecafe.com)
"In the middle eighteen hundreds,
Jesse Woodson James was
born. Notorious for being
one of the worst outlaws..."
Songs :
- Jesse
James
"Il existe de nombreuses versions
de cette chanson. Claude Vollaire chante les quatre premiers couplets
de la version découverte par Alan Lomax au début du 20ème
siècle."
- with LYRICS
(Ac.
Nantes)
- Frank
And Jesse James - Warren Zevon :
"Robert Ford, a gunman
Did exchange for his parole
Took the life of James the outlaw
Which he snuck up on and stole
No one knows just where they came to be misunderstood
But the poor Missouri farmers knew
Frank and Jesse do the best they could"
- Jesse
James - Bruce Springsteen (YouTube)
- the LYRICS
:
"Jesse
James was a lad that killed many a man,
He robbed the Glendale train,
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor,
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
Well it was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward,
I wonder how he feel,
For he ate of Jesse's bread and he slept in Jesse's bed,
Then he laid poor Jesse in his grave..."
- Jesse
James - Woody Guthrie :
"Jesse James and his boys rode that Dodge City Trail,
Held up the midnight Southern mail..."
- Whole
Lot Of Hank - Hank Williams, Jr. :
"Frank and Jesse James knowed how to rob them trains,
they always took it from the rich and gave it to the poor,
they might have had a bad name but they sure had a heart of gold."
- Gangster
Of Love - Johnny "Guitar" Watson / The
Grateful Dead :
"Jesse James and Frank James,
Billy the Kid and all the rest,
Supposed to be some bad cats
Out in the West.
But when they dug me,
And my gangster ways,
They hung up their guns,
And made into their graves."
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- Apache
- The Sugarhill Gang :
"My Tribe went down in the hall of fame
Cause I'm the one who shot Jesse James"
- It's
Pretty Hard To Beat The King - Drop Dead, Gorgeous
:
"They call me Jesse James and I own the night life.
I drift from town to town across the nation.
Praise the lord, lock and load boys.
We go down, we go down, we go down together."
- Outlaw
Blues - Bob Dylan :
"Ain't gonna hang no picture,
Ain't gonna hang no picture frame...
Well, I might look like Robert Ford,
But I feel just like a Jesse James."
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- The
Power - Snap :
"Radical mind day and night all the time,
Seven to fourteen wise divine,
Maniac brainiac winning the game,
I'm the lyrical Jesse James"
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- Should`ve
Been a Cowboy - Toby Keith :
"I might of had a side kick with a funny name
Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James"
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- Belle
Star - Mark Knopfler and Emmy-Lou Harris :
"I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James"
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
Cinema :
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007) :
- Jesse
James (PBS)
The Film & More | Special Features | People & Events
| Timeline | Gallery | Teacher's Guide
Cartoons :
- Jessie
James (bangbangluckyluke.com)
"La seconde B.D. s'intitule Jesse James. Elle raconte l'une des
histoires du criminel notoire Jesse James et son arrestation par Lucky
Luke."
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