Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Jesse James and Robin Hood -- How the Civil War Came to Missouri -- Blood on the Border -- Opening Guns -- The Battle of Wilson's Creek -- The Battle of Lexington -- The Battle of Pea Ridge -- Guerrilla War -- Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence and Order No. 11 -- Jesse James Goes to War -- The Last Great Rebel Raid in Missouri -- The War Ends and the James Gang Is Born -- The First Bank Robberies (1866-1872) -- Trains and Pinkerton Men (1873-1876) -- The Final Years (1877-1882) -- The Legend of Jesse James -- The Civil War as Living History -- For More Reading -- Index.