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James-Younger Gang Journal Pans Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure


The following review of TV’s Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure appeared in the Winter, 2009-2010 edition of The James-Younger Gang Journal, posted here with permission of the reviewer Nancy Samuelson & the Journal. Samuelson is an author, historian, lecturer, and book reviewer for the Wild West History Association. ****************** Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure This program aired on the History Channel three… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Chapter 5 Deconstructed


DOWNLOAD a deconstruction of Chapter Five, taken from the transcript of the History program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. Just when you thought you couldn’t digest any more turkey after Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, we’re serving up another generous plateful of funny turkey with all the trimmings for dessert.  All courtesy of those whacky kooks – excuse me – cooks, Ron Pastore,… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Deconstructing Chapter Two


DOWNLOAD a deconstruction of Chapter 2, taken from the transcript of the History Channel’s program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. The file is in .pdf format, and already contains initial commentary. Deconstruction of Chapter 1 appears in a previous posting. After reading, post your comments, observations, etc. below. There are 8 chapters to this program. After all the chapters have been de-constructed… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Deconstructing Chapter One


DOWNLOAD a deconstruction of Chapter 1, taken from the transcript of the History Channel’s program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. The file is in .pdf format, and already contains initial commentary. As stated in a previous posting here about this program, the purpose of de-constructing the transcript is to refute the program’s statements and claims. Source referencing factual history and data… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Bogus history & fantasy from The History Channel


The History Channel is building a record for spreading bogus history. In their former program American Experience about Jesse James, they falsely linked Jesse to the Ku Klux Klan. Worse yet, they put that false information in the materials they distribute to schools to be used with schoolchildren in history classes. Now comes their production Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. Also comes… (more…)

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