Border Bandits
Author: first_name: J. W. 
last_name: Buel
Language: English
Year: 1881

''An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and Frank James and their bands of highwaymen.compiled from reliable sources and containing the latest facts in regard to these desperate freebooters.'' (from the author's sub-title)  The James brothers emerged from the Confederate guerrillas to become notorious outlaws of the American west rising to legendary status.  J.W. Buel chronicles their path of robbery and murder across the West  in short vignettes.
 - Summary by Larry Wil