John Newman Edwards made sure to highlight such techniques when creating an image of James as a kind of Robin Hood. Despite public sentiment toward the gang's crimes, there is no evidence that the James gang ever shared any of the robbery money outside their personal circle.[33]
Leave it to America to make their Robin Hood story about a selfish, racist, Confederate
well you have to consider that many of the great American historical bandits like Jesse James often had got their start in the civil war
Leave it to America to make their Robin Hood story about a selfish, racist, Confederate
it's slightly more complicated than that as the legend of Jesse James got big well after he died during the great depression