Note on Sources
Although The Jesse James Scrapbook is a work of fiction, almost all of the incidents it depicts are based on actual, or at least legendary, incidents. For facts concerning the outlaws I have mainly relied on three well-documented books: Jesse James Was His Name, by William A Settle, Jr., The Outlaw Youngers, A Confederate Brotherhood, and Jesse James, the Man and the Myth both by Marley Brant.
Several other books, some very old, employ a more anecdotal approach to the James legend and provided much of the inspiration for the approach used here and for many of the incidents depicted. These include the works of Carl W. Breihan, the works of Homer Croy, Jesse James, My Father, by Jesse Edwards James, The Rise and Fall of Jesse James, by Roberts Love, and The Life, Times, and
