Excerpt from Jesse James, My Father: The First and Only True Story of His Adventures Ever WrittenI make no 'claim to literary merit in this book. I have had little time in my life to go to school. In the years that boys usually spend in school I was at work earning wages for the support of my widowed mother and the education of my fatherless sister. I have' tried to make this book a straightforward account of the things I write about, as I'see them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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