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Title	Jesse James
Alternative Title	James, Jesse
Genre	Legend -- People -- Famous
Description	Jeff Skaggs's transcribed interview of James Skaggs about Jesse James. According to Skaggs, Jesse James went on a hunting trip and all of the men knew he was innocent of most of the crimes he was accused of.
Informant	Skaggs, James
Collector	Skaggs, Jeff
Date of Original	1993-11-26
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 -- Kentucky -- Nelson County -- 1993
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-JesseJames010

Jesse James

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