Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Biographical Essay: Jesse James

Jesse James at work
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Jesse James was famous because he and his gang did more daring robberies than anyone had ever done and they escaped every time.

Jesse  learned  to guerilla fight in the civil war. The south had lost the war.  Jesse and his older brother  Frank James were angry because they wanted the south to win, not the north. So they started to rob banks and trains with the Younger brothers, some other outlaws.

After  many years of crime they robbed a bank in Minnesota and everything  went wrong and the Younger brothers were killed. Luckily Frank and Jesse stole two horses and rode back to Missouri, their home state.

Then Jesse  got married and had two children but soon got bored so he  went back to crime. then he started a gang with the Ford Brothers, two young outlaws.

After Jesse came home again the governor said "If you can kill or capture Jesse James you will receive 10,000 dollars." So one day after breakfast Jesse saw a picture that needed to be hung properly and while he was fixing it he was shot in the head by a man in his gang named Bob Ford because Bob wanted the reward money.
           
Jesse James was a brilliant man but horrible at the same time.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    I never knew he had a brother! Wyatt's middle name is James, and Matt wanted to name him Frank. What if he had ended up Frank James?! Too weird!

    I also love the picture, nice work:)
    Love, Gio

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  2. AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Elsa, I enjoy each essay you write! The drawings are awesome. Keep up the great work. I am looking forward to the next one! Love, Kerry

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  3. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    How cool! I just saw a program on the History channel about him and there's a possibility his death was faked and he lived in Kansas until he was in his 80's. They said a lot of interesting things on that show which I'd never heard before. Love, love the pic. Good work Elsa! Berni

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  4. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    dear Elsa,
    that was a cool story. love, Rubi

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  5. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Elsa,
    Thanks for telling us about Jesse James. Jenny and I didn't know that he was driven by his anger about the Civil War. As usual, very interesting and your drawing is just great. We all loved it.

    Love, Nana & Aunt Jenny

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  6. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    wow!!!! great story and picture. but you left out the part about jesse being king of the dancers. pop pop

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  7. Elsa and Breanna October 17, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    Thank you everyone for the comments and for reading my essay. Right now I'm going to watch a movie but I will comment more later.
    from/Love,
    Elsa.

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  8. Elsa and Breanna October 24, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Madi why don't you give some information. when? this weekend? did you already go? PLEASE GIVE ME INFORMATION.
    Kind of anoyed but still Love Elsa.

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