What he was was a thief and a cold-blooded murderer. Jesse had little interest in a fair fight. ibid.
The biggest threat to Jesse’s life came from the private sector. ibid.
The dramatic death of Jesse James aged thirty-four only increased the reach of his name. ibid.
Lexington Missouri 1851: The story of the West begins at the end of the Civil War; for a young man named Jessie James is a soldier in a French military group known as Quantrill’s Raiders. In the spring of 1865 Jesse James is shot and captured by the Union army. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West I: America Divided, AMC 2016
He forms a gang and begins stealing. But the Union army quickly cracks down. Fed up with the North’s presence, Jesse James is determined to fight back. ibid.
Jesse James has been leading an uprising in Missouri. ibid.
Jesse James is fanning the flames of rebellion in the South. ibid.
James partners with Edwards and launches another robbing spree, targeting northern wealth. But now he has the power of the press behind him. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West II: Two Front War
Train robberies by Jesse James and his brother Frank are wreaking havoc on the country’s railroad industry. ibid.
Another battle is being fought: Jesse James has been on a crime spree across Missouri and Iowa, fighting for the Confederate cause by robbing the northern railroads of their funds. In Chicago famed private detective Allan Pinkerton is looking to put a stop to it. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West III: Blood & Gold
Now the most wanted man in America [Jesse James] is forced to go into hiding. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West IV: Showdown
After two years in hiding, Jesse James is going back to a life of crime. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West VI: The Big Killing
After failing to recruit Billy the Kid in Las Vegas, Jesse James has finally managed to pull together a new gang. ibid.
Jesse James starts planning his next heist … With a new gang by his side, Jesse James has successfully pulled off a series of train heists but his actions are gaining more attention than ever. Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West VII: Frontier Justice
‘Jesse James is shot in the back of his head by one of his own men.’ Robert Redford’s The West aka The American West VIII, historian
No-one earned more fame however than Jesse James, the Robin Hood of western outlaws. Most historians maintain that Jesse was killed six years after his doomed Northfield Minnesota raid. Yet in 1948 J Frank Dalton claimed he was Jesse James. Is it possible that Jesse James could have perpetrated a hoax on the entire country for over sixty years? In Search of s6e1 … Jesse James, 1981
The man known as Public Enemy Number 1: John Dillinger … got into the circle of friends of Red Hamilton and Harry Pierpont and company. The Irish Mob s1e1, Netflix 2008
Just three weeks after he had been released on parole he had already robbed ten banks. ibid.
I’m not going to prison on account of you assholes. Thief 1/6: Pilot starring Andre Braugher & Mae Whitman & Malik Yoba & Yancey Arias & Clifton Collins junior et al, FX Networks, Nick, FX 2006
The shaking – it’s getting worse. ibid. Vincent
Izzy has to go, and one of us has to take care of it. ibid. gangsta
The Chinese mob? I need this money. Yes, this money. I don’t give a shit who these people are; that’s my money. Money. ibid. Nick
Somebody saw you, Nick. Think. ibid. Roselyn
I might have something. Something good. ibid. Nick to gang
What is this? Lieutenant Tupac? Thief 2/6: I Ain’t Going to Jail for Anyone, Nick to gang
How many gigs have we done together? Eleven? Twelve? ibid. Nick to Roselyn
Son of a bitch. What’s wrong with this guy? ibid. Nick to Sam
They’re coming for us, Jack. Thief 3/6: Everything that Rises Must Converge, Nick
We got a gig. A big one. ibid. Nick
My husband’s in insurance. He doesn’t have any friends. ibid. bird
This heist is super-lotto. Thief 4/6: No Direction Home, Nick
I know what you did. ibid. Tammi to Nick
Who will protect me from you? ibid.
By tomorrow I’ll be in touch. Thief 5/6: Flight, Detective Hayes
You told me the emerald was real. ibid. Tammi to Nick
I never put you down as a child killer. Thief 6/6: In The Wind, Nick to Tammi’s minder
Who are you people? ibid. Tammi to Nick
He is one of the most prolific bank robbers in American history. American Gangster s2e8: Chaz Williams, BET 2007
In 1971 his crew got caught. ibid.
In September of 1975 he was found guilty of armed bank robbery. ibid.
Undeterred, Cornell’s crew robbed dozens of banks while still attending high school. American Gangster s3e4: Cornell Jones
Mac Dre was a hero and an underground legend … But Dre’s festive spirit belayed a troubling past, including five years spent in prison and close ties to the notorious crew of bank robbers known as the Romper Room Gang. American Gangster s3e9: The Romper Room Gang & Mac Dre
Bank robbing was becoming an addiction. ibid.
Over the next year and a half Jesse James alongside Frank and a half dozen bushwhackers ... robbed one bank, two stage-coaches and two railroads. Jesse James, PBS 2006
A crime that shocked America: it was one of the first passenger train robberies and the culprits were the James gang. Tony Robinson’s Wild West II, Discovery 2015
The name’s Spikes. Harry Spikes. I’m a bank robber, boys. The Spikes Gang 1974 starring Ron Howard & Lee Marvin & Gary Grimes & Charlie Martin Smith & Arthur Hunnicutt & Noah Beery & Marc Smith & Don Fellows & Susan Coyne et al, director Richard Fleischer
How’d you boys like to throw in with me? ibid. Marvin
I always thought of good old Johnny God of being a big bald-headed man with whiskers. ibid. Howard
I am not a follower of the meek and lonely Jesus. ibid. Marvin
I was once a shameless full-time dope fiend. Yeah, me Bob. The sweet mother’s son. Me and my crew robbed drugs stores. Drugstore Cowboy 1989 ***** starring Matt Dillon & Kelly Lynch & James Remar & James Le Gros & Heather Graham & William Burroughs et al, director Gus van Sant, opening remarks
After any kind of drug haul, everyone in the crew indulged. I laughed to myself as I pictured blues and Dilaudid in such great amounts on the spoon that it would literally be overflowing. Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm itch that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the whole world sympathized and took on a soft, lofty appeal. Everything was grand then. Your worst enemy – he wasn’t so bad. The ants in the grass – they were just, you know, doin’ their thing. Everything took on the rosy hue of unlimited success. You could do no wrong, and as long as it lasted, life was beautiful. ibid.
Most people don’t know how they’re gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles. ibid.
I’m a junkie. I like drugs. I like the whole lifestyle. ibid.
Nobody can talk a junkie out of using … something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life. ibid.
Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus. ibid. Tom