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<p>Smith reviews the violent Civil War heritage of the Jameses and Youngers, their extensive criminal careers after Appomattox, the subsequent history of the outlaw survivors of Northfield, and the later lives of the Minnesota defenders.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Many books have been written about the James brothers, Jesse and Frank, and their associates the Younger brothers. This title is the first book-length treatment of the attempted bank robbery in Northfield, MN, in 1876, in which several of the outlaws were killed; others, including the Younger brothers, were captured and imprisoned; and only two escaped. The botched robbery drew the attention of the townspeople, who got guns from their homes and the local hardware store and outfought the raiders. Whether the James brothers were present has long been a matter of debate, but Smith (To the Last Cartridge) argues that they were and were the two henchmen who got away. Smith's detailed account of the raid is prefaced by chapters that relate the violent, murderous climate of the Kansas and Missouri border region in the Civil War era, the place and time that molded the James and Younger brothers. He concludes by describing th

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Author

Smith, Robert B. (Robert Barr), 1933-

Publisher

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806133539

Category

history

Subjects

History, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.43 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14