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Title	Jesse James
Alternative Title	James, Jesse
Genre	Legend -- People -- Famous
Description	Angela Hustedt's transcribed interview of Mike Kerins about Jesse James. According to Kerins, Jesse James used to hide out near Raccoon Lake in Rockville, Indiana. Kerins states that when James was shot, he was buried in a cave by Raccoon Lake and now haunts the area.
Informant	Kerins, Mike
Collector	Hustedt, Angela
Date of Original	1972-11-19
Contextual Information	Jesse James was an infamous American outlaw. He and his brother, Frank James, were Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. After the war they became outlaws. Some accounts portray James as a "Robin Hood" type outlaw, but there is no proof of this.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Parke County -- Rockville -- 1972
Subject	Legends People Criminals
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-05-31
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-JesseJames006

Jesse James

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