num_pages: 304
description: Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who coveted Jesse's legend. The powerful, strange, and unforgettable story of their interweaving paths—and twin destinies that would collide in a rain of blood and betrayal—is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her.
language: English
title: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
titlecomplete: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
characters: Robert Ford, Wood Hite, Dick Liddil, Charley Ford, Frank James, Jesse James
genres: Historical, Literature, Crime, American, Media Tie In, Literary Fiction, Novels, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3207
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial