Pat Wahler is a gifted writer and in Mrs. Jesse James, she takes us back in history to travel the path of Zerelda Mimms (Zee) Jesse James wife and first cousin. Zee waits years for Jesse to keep his promise to marry her and despite his goal to eventually settle down they constantly move - one step from the law and The Pinkertons. The James/Younger Outlaw Gang justified their crime spree as revenge for the mistreatment of their family during the Civil War by Union Soldiers. But banks were held up, innocent people killed and the local economy suffered. Zee was unaware of many of Jesse's escapades until she saw something relating to a bank train robbery in the newspaper. Most of her life appeared to be lonely (her mother disowned her when she married Jesse) and her husband preferred that she not make friends in case his true identity became known.
Friday, July 3, 2020
Mrs. Jesse James by Pat Wahler
Pat Wahler is a gifted writer and in Mrs. Jesse James, she takes us back in history to travel the path of Zerelda Mimms (Zee) Jesse James wife and first cousin. Zee waits years for Jesse to keep his promise to marry her and despite his goal to eventually settle down they constantly move - one step from the law and The Pinkertons. The James/Younger Outlaw Gang justified their crime spree as revenge for the mistreatment of their family during the Civil War by Union Soldiers. But banks were held up, innocent people killed and the local economy suffered. Zee was unaware of many of Jesse's escapades until she saw something relating to a bank train robbery in the newspaper. Most of her life appeared to be lonely (her mother disowned her when she married Jesse) and her husband preferred that she not make friends in case his true identity became known.
