Now in paperback, the strikingly honest, no-holds-barred memoir by Jesse James, motorcycle enthusiast, reality television star, and tabloid news obsession. American Outlaw tells Jesse's side of his story: a portrait of a self-made man who has known his fair share of triumph and regret along his path to fame. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Jesse James was a teenage football star turned professional bodyguard who worked for many A-list rock bands, including Soundgarden, Danzig, and Slayer, and traveled the globe. After an injury sustained at a show, Jesse decided to set off on his own to pursue his childhood love: motorcycles. In 1992, Jesse began West Coast Choppers in a corner of his garage. He built it from the ground up, transforming the tiny operation into a multi-million dollar business that caters to a host of celebrity clientele and has been the subject of Discovery Channel's hugely successful series Monster Garage and the documentaries Motorcycle Mania and Motorcycle Mania 2 . A celebrity in his own right, Jesse has married and divorced both a porn star and America's Sweetheart, Oscar Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock. In American Outlaw he sets the record straight, peeling back his public persona to reveal a flawed but sympathetic man who is willing to share the lessons of his story with the world.