Chivalry of Crime (Paperback, 1st Back Bay pbk. ed)

Acclaimed both for its narrative power and for its gritty historical authenticity, this remarkable novel offers nothing less than epic reimagining of a mythic American past. Through the story of a boy inspired by the legend of Jesse James to pursue his own rebel destiny, The Chivalry of Crime captures the casual violence of the nineteenth-century American West and breathes fresh life into the saga of the notorious James Gang.