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The Villains Holding Up Jesse James Soul Liberty


Jesse James Soul Liberty was scheduled to be published on September 5, 2012. Publication now has been delayed. What’s holding up transforming the book’s manuscript into a printed book? It’s the little black box you see here. The box is an external hard drive. Inside the box resides the manuscript & research files for Jesse James Soul Liberty. Also inside… (more…)

Ron Hansen Revealed


Ron Hansen’s novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was published in 1983. In 2009, actor Brad Pitt turned the novel into a stunning film that sadly flopped at the box office. Both Hansen’s book and Pitt’s movie are fictional depictions. Yet both survive as the most representative of their genres regarding the accuracy of their… (more…)

In-Laws of Our James Know More Than Us Sometimes


Was it not for Ruby Tidwell-Johnson, few of our James family would know about the descendants of John James of Alvarado, his story, & the story of his line. Ruby is the wife of Dennis Lee Johnson, a James family descendant. For years, Ruby meticulously compiled a history of her husband’s family. Ruby not only collected the required genealogy of… (more…)

Author of JESSE JAMES SOUL LIBERTY book enters Hell


Researching my book was twelve years of fun that seemed never ending. Four more years of writing the book was like working in a heaven of my own making. Every day a multitude of historic people came to life, just for me. All of them long gone, I never had known them personally before. Working together, they gave me their… (more…)

GREAT GRANDSON OF JESSE JAMES & DANIEL BOONE, DONALD JAMES BAUMEL, IS DEAD


“If all I did was to walk around saying that I’m a descendant of Daniel Boone and a descendant of Jesse James, I wouldn’t have a life of my own.” – Donald James Baumel to Eric James, 2002 The ancestry which Donald James Baumel inherited from America’s iconic outlaw Jesse James and Kentucky’s iconic explorer Daniel Boone determined how Don… (more…)

Jesse James Scholar Cathy Jackson on Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the Museum”


Five years ago The James-Younger Gang acknowledged Professor Cathy Jackson of Norfolk State University, awarding her the Milton Perry Award for her research and writing about Jesse James’ treatment in the press in the past 125 years.   This coming Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 9 pm EST, Cathy will appear on the Travel Channel’s program Mysteries at the Museum.… (more…)

PREVIEW THE TRAILER FOR ERIC JAMES NEW BOOK – SOUL LIBERTY


You’re invited to comment on a draft edition of the book trailer for Eric James’ new book SOUL LIBERTY, Behind the Heritage of Silence in the Family of Jesse James. SOUL LIBERTY is the first history ever to be written about the Jesse James family. Volume I of this four volume quartet is scheduled for publication in the Fall of… (more…)

Visiting the Second Great Grandparents of Frank & Jesse James in Cole Cemetery


  In 1754 at the age of 24, John Cole signed a lease with Hancock Lee for 150 acres of land on the north side of Horsepen Run, adjoining the plantation of John Herndon in King George County, Virginia. In 1775 and 1776, Lee’s son Willis Lee entered Virginia’s District of Kentucky and encamped at the spring named Lee’s Big… (more…)

Eric James says “No, Thanks” to Jesse James publisher, North Star Press


If you thought you knew Jesse James, wait until you meet his family. So says Eric James, author of the new, long awaited, four volume history of the family of Frank and Jesse James. According to historian Nancy Samuelson who has previewed portions of the upcoming book, the author of The History of the Dalton Gang says James’ book is… (more…)

Duke Ellington, Two Ton Baker, & a Pair of James


A couple of childhood friends… Chicago radio & TV personality Two Ton Baker, and Duke Ellington, taken at the Blue Note, where my mother Elaine was a cocktail waitress. She & Ella Fitzgerald shared the same birthday, & always joked about it. At home I wasn’t all that friendly to my sister, Mary Lee, though we put on a good… (more…)

Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year


I would like to wish all of you Leaf Blowers a very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year. linkscolor = “993300″; highlightscolor = “339900″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

A CHRISTMAS WISH from Frank Younger


A CHRISTMAS WISH   by Frank Younger Once again we celebrate the festive Christmas Day With fellowship and joy and song and love. The tiny Baby Jesus in a manger full of hay, The chorus of the angels from above. There’s food and decorations, there’s Santa and his toys, And families gathered close from far and wide – Moms and pops… (more…)

Midway Museum Peeps


Had dinner the other night with my peeps (board of directors) of the Midway Museum, in Woodford County, Kentucky. We set our agenda for 2010, that includes a new web site I’m charged with building. Watch for an announcement here by the end of January. We’ve planned it to be a blockbuster. At least as good as Stray Leaves, and… (more…)

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