"Mamaw" is the story of Zerelda James, the fearless mother of Frank and Jesse James. Zerelda James watched her husband hanged and then rescued him herself, only to be defeated by the insanity that eventually overtook him. Accused of being a Confederate spy during the Civil War, she was arrested and thrown into prison with her two youngest children. Her home was even firebombed by Pinkerton agents. All of these amazing things happened while her two eldest boys became the country's most wanted, despised, yet idolized men. In this engrossing novel based on historical fact, Susan Dodd has created a new legend and her name is Mamaw.