The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Ron Hansen

Category: Historical Fiction, Novel, Westerns
Language: English
Keywords: 1880s Charles Ford Frank James James Gang Jesse James Missouri Robert Ford

Written by Ron Hansen
Read by G. Valmont Thomas
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

By age thirty-four, Jesse James was already one of the most notorious and admired men in America. Bank robber, train bandit, gang leader, killer, and beloved son of Missouri — James’s many epithets live on in newspapers and novels alike. As his celebrity was reaching its apex, James met Robert Ford, the brother of a James gang member — an awkward, antihero-worshipping twenty-year-old with stars in his eyes. The young man’s fascination with the legend borders on jealous obsession: While Ford wants to ride alongside James as his most-trusted confidant, sharing his spotlight is not enough. As a bond forms between the two men, Ford realizes that the only way he’ll ever be as powerful as his idol is to become him; he must kill James and take his mantle.

In the striking novel that inspired the film of the same name starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, bestselling author Ron Hansen retells a classic Wild West story that has long captured the nation’s imagination, and breathes new life into the final days and ignoble death of an iconic American man.

Audio Release Date:
August 20 2007

13 hrs and 10 mins