His form — tall and finely moulded — was capable of great effort and great endurance. On his lips there was always a smile, and for every comrade a pleasant word or a compliment. Looking at the small, white hands with their long, tapering fingers... Noted Guerrillas: Or The Warfare of the Border... - Page 167by John Newman Edwards - 1877 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
| William A. Settle - 1966 - 306 pages
...natures was no doubt correct, as far as it went: Jesse James, the youngest, has a face as smooth and innocent as the face of a school girl. The blue eyes, very clear and penetrating, are never at rest. His form is tall, graceful and capable of great endurance and great effort. There... | |
| Robert L. Dyer, Bob Dyer - 1994 - 108 pages
...Jesse James. Here is part of that description: Jesse James, the youngest, has a face as smooth and innocent as the face of a school girl. The blue eyes, very clear and penetrating, are never at rest. His form is tall, graceful and capable of great endurance and great effort. There... | |
| David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, Debra Reddin Van Tuyll - 610 pages
...kind of laudatory prose echoed Edwards, who in 1873, wrote: "Jesse James, .. .has a face as smooth and innocent as the face of a school girl. The blue eyes, very clear and penetrating, are never at rest. There is always a smile on his lips, and a gracefull word or a compliment for all... | |
| J. Dennis Robinson - 2006 - 118 pages
...Edwards, who pictured the outlaw almost as if he were a saint: Jesse James . . . has a face as smooth and innocent as the face of a school girl. The blue eyes, very clear and penetrating, are never at rest. His form is tall, graceful and capable of great endurance. . . . Looking at his... | |
| Addison Lewis - 2007 - 188 pages
...James had a face as smooth and as innocent as the face of a school girl. The blue eyes — very ckar and penetrating — were never at rest. His form —...Looking at the small, white hands with their long, taperingfmgers, it was not then written or recorded that they were to become with a revolver among... | |
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