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
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