Original sentence: After the American civil war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank James robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and even sympathy despite their crimes.James became an iconic figure from the era, and his life has been dramatized and memorialized numerous times.James is variously described as an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang
Edited sentence: After the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and often popular sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes.Despite portrayals of James as a Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, there is little evidence that he and his gang shared any loot from their robberies with anyone outside their close kinship network.James continues to be one of the most iconic figures from the era, and his life has been dramatized and memorialized numerous times.Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang.Scholars and historians have characterized James as one of many criminals inspired by the regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the Civil War, rather than as a manifestation of alleged economic justice or of frontier lawlessness