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Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Ron Hansen's critically acclaimed historical novel about the life and untimely death of America's most infamous outlaw, and his relationship with the young man who killed himBy age thirty-four, Jesse James was already one of the most notorious and admired men in America. Bank robber, train bandit, gang leader, killer, and beloved son of Missouri-James's many epithets live on in newspapers and novels alike. As his celebrity was reaching its apex, James met Robert Ford, the brother of a James gang member-an awkward, antihero-worshipping twenty-year-old with stars in his eyes. The young man's fas.

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  • "Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession."
  • "Ron Hansen's critically acclaimed historical novel about the life and untimely death of America's most infamous outlaw, and his relationship with the young man who killed himBy age thirty-four, Jesse James was already one of the most notorious and admired men in America. Bank robber, train bandit, gang leader, killer, and beloved son of Missouri-James's many epithets live on in newspapers and novels alike. As his celebrity was reaching its apex, James met Robert Ford, the brother of a James gang member-an awkward, antihero-worshipping twenty-year-old with stars in his eyes. The young man's fas."@en
  • "Septembre 1881, Kansas City. Hors la loi de 34 ans, Jesse James règne en maître sur un gang qui craint ses colères. Le frère de l'un de ses hommes, Robert Ford, un jeune homme de 19 ans, est admiratif devant Jesse James mais est tenaillé par l'envie de prendre sa place. Il oscille entre idolâtrie et ambition personnelle, jusqu'à au jour où il abat Jesse James de sang froid."
  • ""Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart nobody torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths--and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal--is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her"--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "Ron Hansen was the first writer to approach the mythology of the West with the intent of rewriting history, to show the mixed motives and dubious intentions of heroes and outlaws alike. Drawing on contemporary records, newspapers and courtroom reports The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford creates a vivid, detailed description of the James gang and the America that created them, and builds a stunning portrait of one of the founding myths of the United States. Hansen re-creates the real West of the most famous outlaw of them all, Jesse James, and of his death at the hands o."@en
  • "A fictionalized portrait of the legendary outlaw Jesse James, his violent career, and his murderer, Robert Ford, in an epic tale of the old West."@en
  • "Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths--and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal--is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her."@en
  • "Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths--and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal--is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her."
  • "Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck. Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession."
  • "Septembre 1881, Kansas City. Hors-la-loi de 34 ans, Jesse James règne en maître sur un gang qui craint ses colères. Le frère de l'un de ses hommes, Robert Ford, un jeune homme de 19 ans, est admiratif devant Jesse James mais est tenaillé par l'envie de prendre sa place. Il oscille entre idolâtrie et ambition personnelle, jusqu'au jour où il abat Jesse James de sang-froid."
  • "A fictionalized portrait of the legendary outlaw Jesse James, his violent career, and his murderer, Robert Ford, in an epic tale of the Old West."@en

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  • "Roman biographique"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Littérature western"
  • "Biografické romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Roman historique"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"@en
  • "Biographical novels"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en

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  • "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward, Robert Ford"
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  • "THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD"
  • "Zabití Jesseho Jamese zbabělcem Robertem Fordem"
  • "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford : [screenplay]"@en
  • "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford"
  • "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford"@en
  • "L'assassinat de Jesse James par le lâche Robert Ford : roman"
  • "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"@en
  • "The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford a novel"@en
  • "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

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