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Jesse James: All You Need To Know About Jesse James: The Remarkable Life Of The Legendary Old West Criminal Jesse James
Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847, in Kearney, Missouri. James and his brother Frank served for the Confederate Army before embarking on criminal careers in the Old West. The James brothers made a name for themselves as bank and train robbers, leading the James-Younger gang. Gang member Robert Ford killed Jesse James in 1882, after which James became a legend of the Old West.
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 8, 2019
About the author
William Clark
473 books9 followersWilliam Donaldson Clark was a prominent British journalist and public servant who blended a career in writing with high-level politics.
He was born on 28 July 1916, the son of John McClare Clark and Marion Jackson. He was educated at the independent Oundle School and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford with a First Class degree in modern history. He later attended the University of Chicago in 1938 as a Commonwealth Fellow. During World War II he worked doing public relations for Britain in the United States.
He became the London editor of Encyclopædia Britannica in 1946, a post he left for journalism in 1949 and later he was a foreign affairs correspondent for The Observer (1950–1955), and wrote political novels, including 'Number 10' (1966) and 'Cataclysm: The North-South Conflict of 1987' (1984).
He was also the first director of the Overseas Development Institute (1960–1968) and later served as Vice President for External Affairs at the World Bank (1974–1980).
In addition, he was the press secretary to Prime Minister Anthony Eden from 1955 to 1956, eventually resigning in protest over the Suez Canal Crisis.
He died of liver cancer at his home in Cuxham, Oxfordshire and was survived by his two brothers, Kenneth and Nicholas.
Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. This is William^Clark.
He was born on 28 July 1916, the son of John McClare Clark and Marion Jackson. He was educated at the independent Oundle School and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford with a First Class degree in modern history. He later attended the University of Chicago in 1938 as a Commonwealth Fellow. During World War II he worked doing public relations for Britain in the United States.
He became the London editor of Encyclopædia Britannica in 1946, a post he left for journalism in 1949 and later he was a foreign affairs correspondent for The Observer (1950–1955), and wrote political novels, including 'Number 10' (1966) and 'Cataclysm: The North-South Conflict of 1987' (1984).
He was also the first director of the Overseas Development Institute (1960–1968) and later served as Vice President for External Affairs at the World Bank (1974–1980).
In addition, he was the press secretary to Prime Minister Anthony Eden from 1955 to 1956, eventually resigning in protest over the Suez Canal Crisis.
He died of liver cancer at his home in Cuxham, Oxfordshire and was survived by his two brothers, Kenneth and Nicholas.
Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. This is William^Clark.
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