The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

from KLmesoftly

Gorgeously fictionalized history. As someone who's read several Jesse James biographies (I find the time period and the development of organized crime quite interesting), I was surprised and impressed by the detail and general historical accuracy in this novel; the majority of the "fictional" asp...

from misslilpaw

Don't be fooled by the title. This isn't just a fictional retelling of a murder, of one of the most infamous celebrity assassinations in United States history. This is the story of two lives that once-upon-a-time intersected, and were forever changed, each by the other, for better or worse. Jesse...

from wordsampersand

I absolutely loved this novel; it's probably one of the best things I've read in the past few years. Hansen's prose is beautiful, and he manages to take a small slice of history and peel back the layers without being unfaithful to his sources. It's a sad, pretty book that I bet will haunt me for ...

from KLmesoftly

Gorgeously fictionalized history. As someone who's read several Jesse James biographies (I find the time period and the development of organized crime quite interesting), I was surprised and impressed by the detail and general historical accuracy in this novel; the majority of the "fictional" asp...

from kiwiflying

You'll have to excuse me if this review comes off as a bit of a love letter, I am simply obsessed with this book. Ron Hansen does a magnificent job in recreating the life and times of America's most notorious outlaw, Jesse James. Not only that but we get into the head and life of his assassin, Ro...