the assasination of jesse james by the coward robert ford
A Historical, American, Literary Fiction book. As Jesse talked the sun down, the hours late, Zerelda smiled and dreamed of him as he had been...
One of the great classic tales of The Great American West...IT IS 1881. Jesse James, at the age of 34, is at the height of his fame and powers as a singularly successful outlaw. Robert Ford is the skittish younger brother of one of the James gang: he has made himself an expert on the gang, but his particular interest - his obsession - is Jesse James himself. Both drawn to him and frightened of him, the nineteen-year-old is uncertain whether he wants to serve James or destroy him or, somehow, become him.Never have these two men been portrayed and their saga explored with such poetry, such grim precision and such raw-boned feeling as Ron Hansen has brought to this masterful retelling.'Wonderful. This is great storytelling, not undermined by our knowin how it turns out. The reader is driven - by story and by language and by history... the best blend of fiction and history I've read in a...
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Craig inscribed something in the journal and Bob walked over to study the entry. "Does the name Bob Ford mean anything to you?Craig dipped his quill in the ink bottle and scripted cursively on a brown blotter. "Is that your actual name or your alias?""Actual," said Bob, and he grinned with delight when he saw the name recorded in Craig's elegant calligraphy. "Pretty soon all of America will know who Bob Ford is. Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford // Charley's consumption and indigestion had only become more lacerating; his eye sockets were as deep and dark as fistholes in the snow, his gums were strangely purple, he wore extravagant gold rings on every finger and a clove of garlic around his neck according to the guidance of a gypsy named Madame Africa. Bob was skinny, sallow, peevish, his complexion spoiled with so many pimples that some correspondents thought it was measles. Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford // As Jesse talked the sun down, the hours late, Zerelda smiled and dreamed of him as he had been and was and would be. It seemed everything about him was dynamic and masculine and romantic ; he was more vital even in his illness than any man shed ever known. Ron Hansen, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford //
history buffs, western It's all about the tempo, the plot was skillfully set, alittle bit slow, the interactions, and the outcomes...concerning the movie, cinematography was really great, the music, and as aspecial note Cassey Affleck performance... By far one of my best reads this year. Maybe even of all time. I had watched the movie adaptation and was always drawn to the narrator monologues and how poetic and well crafted they were. It was only until recently that I discovered they were lifted from a novel written by Ron Hansen. His command of the language at the time, his descriptions...
