Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

aquart

(69,014 posts)
34. Vance Randolph the FOLKLORIST???
Tue May 29, 2012, 05:41 PM
May 2012

Uh, I'm asking about documented HISTORY, not cheerfully retold myth.

Jesse James and Debt Collectors [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2012 OP
I'd be real careful labeling this as history. aquart May 2012 #1
Lots of stories like this glamorizing criminals as folk heroes rocktivity May 2012 #8
Well, yeah. Who else would have the power or the bloody-minded arrogance to fight heavy money? aquart May 2012 #56
Where's your sense of myth and of archetype? This tale de-centers the coalition_unwilling May 2012 #15
This just in from the Ministry of Useless Information oldernwiser May 2012 #45
See, you're sort of illustrating my point. It's fun attributing said saying to coalition_unwilling May 2012 #52
And those "hauls" were from banks farmers were depositiing their money with. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #19
Yeah. It was a NORTHERN town. aquart May 2012 #26
Northfield, MN Noodleboy13 May 2012 #37
The outlaws got ventilated pretty thoroughly hifiguy May 2012 #55
Gives meanings to the sayings "What goes around comes around" RebelOne May 2012 #2
Please stop buying into the romanticized myth of Jesse James MadHound May 2012 #3
it's almost like life is hfojvt May 2012 #4
A clip from the episode: Jesse James guns down the Brady Bunch. Johnny Rico May 2012 #35
My first thought was of Bobby Brady too. TheManInTheMac May 2012 #40
I thougt about that to but laughed at the story anyhow. I think the legends were increased in the jwirr May 2012 #6
The Jesse James movie that was filmed in the late '30s Art_from_Ark May 2012 #12
They were heroes in penny dreadfuls long before that. aquart May 2012 #27
Oh, sure, there were the dime novels Art_from_Ark May 2012 #43
No, my money is on Order #11. aquart May 2012 #49
Interesting Art_from_Ark May 2012 #51
Maybe. The Midway Rebel May 2012 #54
Spot on. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #7
Whoa there. Frederick Douglass disagrees with you 100% about coalition_unwilling May 2012 #16
I'm sure he does. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #18
At a certain point, I guess we must fall back on core principles and, at that point, coalition_unwilling May 2012 #21
I'm a native Kansan. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #22
Brown's actions in Kansas and Missouri are far more problematic, imo, than coalition_unwilling May 2012 #24
Well, you would know if you bothered to read anything about what went on in that area then. aquart May 2012 #11
Since MadHound lives in the state, I'm sure he knows the history proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #23
Umm, I live in Missouri, I know far too well the evil that was the James brothers MadHound May 2012 #25
Rapist? Okay, that's a new charge to me. aquart May 2012 #28
It is well know that both Quatrill's Raiders, and Anderson's group raped women MadHound May 2012 #29
He's not my hero. aquart May 2012 #30
Go do your own research, MadHound May 2012 #31
Well, Quantrill forbade rape. aquart May 2012 #32
Like Google is the be all and end all of proper sources MadHound May 2012 #38
Role models? aquart May 2012 #42
Finally a reference to "ill-gotten gains"! aquart May 2012 #46
Vance Randolph was born TEN YEARS AFTER Jesse James was murdered. aquart May 2012 #48
Vance Randolph the FOLKLORIST??? aquart May 2012 #34
The thing about history, btw... aquart May 2012 #36
About the looting....(pillage and loot are pretty much synonyms btw) aquart May 2012 #44
I live in Missouri too. The Midway Rebel May 2012 #53
That reminds me of the bad guys from The Shadow Riders. JVS May 2012 #14
buzzkill! :) (n/t) oldernwiser May 2012 #47
Forrest Go Vols May 2012 #50
This thread needs a song! Strelnikov_ May 2012 #5
How about "Pretty Boy Floyd The Outlaw" panader0 May 2012 #9
"Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen" SharonAnn May 2012 #17
1400 was a tremendous amount of money then. HooptieWagon May 2012 #10
Jesse James was a piker. MI$$ Rmoney took $100 million from workers, some of whom were widows, jtuck004 May 2012 #13
Boy am I way off on this one......I thought you meant the Jesse James married to Sandra Bullock. a kennedy May 2012 #20
A mere cousin, I think. aquart May 2012 #33
Real people who work in debt collections are among the lowest paid and most abused workers... slackmaster May 2012 #39
My guess? GObamaGO May 2012 #41
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Jesse James and Debt Coll...»Reply #34