Branded in myth as a killer, thief, hero, and scourge, the real Jesse James was far more than the sum of his many legends. The son of a college graduate and reverend, he was a complex and passionate crusader whose values and violent temperament were forged in the riptides of Bloody Kansas and the American Civil War. Surrounded by a remarkable cast of compatriots, including Frank James, the Youngers, Belle Starr, and the traitorous Ford brothers, Jesse James' action-packed, roller-coaster life is reborn in Rebel Blood.