Shot All to Hell, Mark Lee Gardner
Shot All to Hell, Mark Lee Gardner
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Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape

Author: Mark Lee Gardner

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/23/2013


Synopsis

Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee Gardner recounts the thrilling life of Jesse James, Frank James, the Younger brothers, and the most famous bank robbery of all time.
 
Follow the Wild West’s most celebrated gang of outlaws as they step inside Northfield’s First National Bank and back out on the streets to square off with heroic citizens who risked their lives to defend justice in Minnesota.
 
With compelling details that chronicle the two-week chase that followed—the near misses, the fateful mistakes, and the bloody final shootout on the Watonwan River, Shot All to Hell is a galloping true tale of frontier justice from the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Lee Gardner.

About Mark Lee Gardner

Mark Lee Gardner is the author of Rough Riders, To Hell on a Fast Horse, and Shot All to Hell, which received multiple awards, including a Spur Award from Western Writers of America. An authority on the American West, Gardner has appeared on PBS’s American Experience, as well as on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, and on NPR. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, True West, Wild West, American Cowboy, and New Mexico Magazine. He lives with his family in Cascade, Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on January 02, 2015

I really enjoyed Gardner's earlier effort on Billy the Kid, and figured I'd go back to Outlaw Country and read some more. I might have liked this effort even more, but that's at least in part fueled by the subject. Billy, wild young man that he was, doesn't, to my mind, have the lethal and calculati......more

Goodreads review by Steven on September 01, 2013

The James Brothers and the Younger Brothers. Some of the best known outlaws of their time. Train robberies and bank robberies galore. And the ghastly failure of their Northfield Minnesota raid--when they were routed by civilians during their robbery. The author of this book, rather immodestly but on......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 21, 2017

Shot all to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape, is an excellent addition to the literature surrounding the life of Jesse James and the history of the James-Younger Gang. Very well written, its primary focus is on events leading up to their raid on the First N......more

Goodreads review by carl on September 07, 2023

I spent some teenage growing up years in Missouri, Jesse James country, which is a time one can’t help be fascinated with the James brother’s legend as well their cohorts, the Younger boys. There is still plenty of publicity such as - visit Jesse James hideout at Meramec Caverns. Though their legend......more

Goodreads review by Ethan on August 03, 2013

Jesse James is perhaps one of the most famous criminals in American history. With the assistance of his notorious gang of outlaws, James sealed his position in the legends of western folklore. In Shot All to Hell, author Mark Lee Gardner details the gang's final showdown, as they attempted to rob th......more