Jesse James Jesse James has to be one of the most well known outlaws of United States history. Along with his brother Frank and their cohorts, the Younger brothers, they ransacked banks and trains across the western frontier, while winning their way into history and the hearts of Americans. Albert Castel takes the reader through the real life and death of the James gang. Frank James was born to Robert and Zerelda James on January 10, 1843. …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…at high noon that most people expect. This essay gives the reader a sense of what the real lives of outlaws were like. The life of Jesse James and his gang just happened to be one of the more dramatic examples of the old west. Even though the James gang was one of the most famous gangs in history, Jesse, Frank, Cole, Jim, and Bob were all real people who lead actual lives besides crime.