The Love Pirate and the Bandit's Son: Murder, Sin, and Scandal in the Shadow of Jesse James
by Laura James
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A beautiful and ruthless lady from Ohio, Zeo Zoe Wilkins made her living as a gold digger, marrying a series of wealthy older men. She hired attorney Jesse James, Jr. to provide legal muscle to extract money from an ex-husband. On the night of March 15, 1924, she was brutally murdered in her Kansas City home. Deftly mixing historical conjecture with forensic fact, the author follows the opportunistic, eccentric, and troubled lives of Wilkins and James, while making a convincing case that show more their mutual avarice led to a murderous confrontation that bloody night. show lessTags
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This book was not quite what I expected. It read more like a documentary than an novel. It was split into 3 sections. The first being the story of Zeo Zoe Wilkins, the second the story of Jesse E. James, and the third what happened after they met.
That being said, it was an interesting read that kept pulling me forward wanting to know what happens next. How many more husbands could Zeo Zoe Wilkins con? Could Jesse E. James ever live down the escapades of his father? What would happen when the two collided? Who did it?
That being said, it was an interesting read that kept pulling me forward wanting to know what happens next. How many more husbands could Zeo Zoe Wilkins con? Could Jesse E. James ever live down the escapades of his father? What would happen when the two collided? Who did it?
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History
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- 364.152 — Social sciences Social problems and social services Criminology Criminal offenses Offenses against the person Homicide
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- HV6529 .J36 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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