FRANK JAMES: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

Outlaw and folk hero Frank James was born Alexander Franklin James in Kearney, Missouri, to Baptist minister Reverend Robert Sallee James and his wife Zerelda (Cole) James on January 10, 1843. The family originally resided in Kentucky.

James was the oldest of the couple’s four children: Robert (died young); Jesse; and Susan. Frank was 18 when the Civil War began, and became a member of the pro-Confederate militia, the Missouri State Guard. After some time spent as a prisoner of the Union Army, he returned home. By early 1863, he was riding with local guerrillas: first Fernando Scott, then William Clarke Quantrill. He was with Quantrill during the raid on Lawrence, Kansas (August 21, 1863) during which approximately 200 men and boys were killed, many in cold blood.

After the war, Frank and younger brother Jesse operated as bandits in various states, robbing banks and trains as the opportunity arose. After Jesse was assassinated in 1882, James surrendered to Missouri’s then governor, Thomas Crittenden. He was tried twice for robbery/murder, and acquitted both times.

James later worked as shoe salesman, ticket taker in a burlesque house, and also performed on the lecture circuit. He returned home in later years, and gave tours of the family homestead for a quarter. He died on February 18, 1915, leaving behind wife Annie and one son.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_James

LIBRARY LOCATIONS

HG: History, Geography, & Travel Room (Central Library)
SS: Social Sciences (Central Library)
ST: Stacks (Central Library)

BU: Buder Branch
CE: Central Express
CP: Carpenter Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
KI: Kingshighway Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Title: The escapades of Frank and Jesse James.
Author/Compiler: Breihan, Carl W.
Local Call Number: ST—364.155
Publication Date: 1974.
Format: Books.

Title: Frank and Jesse James: the story behind the legend.
Author/Compiler: Yeatman, Ted P.
Local Call Number: STL, KI—364.1552092
Publication Date: 2000.
Format: Books.

Title: The James boys rode south; a thrilling and authentic new episode in the fabulous lives of the most daring desperadoes of modern times, Frank and Jesse James and their comrades in crime.
Author/Compiler: Hoole, William Stanley.
Local Call Number: ST—923.41
Publication Date: 1955.
Format: Books.

Title: Jesse and Frank James: the family history.
Author/Compiler: Steele, Phillip W.
Local Call Number: ST—B JAMES
Publication Date: 1994.
Format: Books.

Title: Jesse James was his name; or, Fact and fiction concerning the careers of the notorious James brothers of Missouri.
Author/Compiler: Settle, William A.
Local Call Number: HG, DA, MA, SC—923.41
Publication Date: 1966.
Format: Books.

Title: The last ride of the James-Younger Gang: Jesse James and the Northfield Raid 1876.
Author/Compiler: McLachlan, Sean.
Local Call Number: SS, MA—364.1552092
Publication Date: 2012.
Format: Books.

Title: Lives and exploits of the daring Frank and Jesse James.
Author/Compiler: Thorndike, Thaddeus.
Local Call Number: ST—923.41
Publication Date: 1909.
Format: Books.

Title: The lost cause: the trials of Frank and Jesse James.
Author/Compiler: Muehlberger, James P.
Local Call Number: SS—364.1552092
Publication Date: 2013.
Format: Books.

Title: Shot all to hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's greatest escape.
Author/Compiler: Gardner, Mark L.
Local Call Number: SS, BU, CE, DA, SC—364.1552092
Publication Date: 2013.
Format: Books.

Title: The trial of Frank James for murder: with confessions of Dick Liddil and Clarence Hite, and history of the "James gang" / with an introd. by James D. Horan.
Author/Compiler: James, Frank; Liddil, James Andrew; and Clarence B. Hite.
Local Call Number: ST—345.73
Publication Date: 1977.
Format: Books.

GUERRILLA WARFARE IN MISSOURI

Following is a list of books from our collection that can help persons researching guerrilla warfare in Missouri during the Civil War. You can check on the status of an item, and place a reserve on circulating books, via our catalog.

Castel, Albert E, and Thomas Goodrich. Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998. [ST 973.737092]

Eakin, Joanne W. C, and Donald R. Hale. Branded As Rebels: A List of Bushwhackers, Guerrillas, Partisan Rangers, Confederates and Southern Sympathizers from Missouri During the War Years. Lee's Summit, MO: J.C. Eakin & D.R. Hale, 1993. [HG, ST 973.742]

Fellman, Michael. Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. [HG, ST 973.7478]

Fredrickson, George M. Why the Confederacy Did Not Fight a Guerrilla War After the Fall of Richmond: A Comparative View. Gettysburg: Gettysburg College, 1996. [ST 973.738]

Gilmore, Donald L. Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border. Gretna, La: Pelican Pub, 2005. [ST,CP,MA 973.709778]

Hansen, Duncan E. A Reunion in Death: Gravesites of Quantrill’s Men and the James Gang. [HG 977.803]

Lankford, Rose M. The Encyclopedia of Quantrill's Guerrillas. Evening Shade, AR: R.M. Lankford, 1999. [HG 973.742]

Mountcastle, Clay. Punitive War: Confederate Guerrillas and Union Reprisals. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 2009. [HG 973.73]

Nichols, Bruce. Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2007. [HG, CB 973.7478]

Piston, William G, and Thomas P. Sweeney. Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009. [HG 973.803]

Schultz, Duane P. Quantrill's War: The Life and Times of William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. [HG 973.742092]

Sutherland, Daniel E. A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War. Chapel Hill, N.C: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. [HG, BU 973.73013]

Wood, Larry. The Civil War Story of Bloody Bill Anderson. Austin, Tex: Eakin Press, 2003. [HU B ANDERSON]