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What fact does Ramon point out “never happened” in Carl Breihan’s The Escapades of Frank and Jesse James (1974)? Ramon points out that “Frank James joining the Big-Nose Parrott game, and the suspected robbers of the Liberty Bank being arrested and placed in the Liberty jail, where they were ‘lynched by an angry mob,’” never happened. Ramon also points out that Breihan’s take on the James boys in Mexico is, “very questionable,” (p.14-15).

What is Adam’s take on Mildred Fielder’s printed remark: “take them or leave them, nobody seems to be sure of any facts”? Adams’ take on Fielder’s remark was that it is her responsibility as an author to learn the history and disprove any wrong facts. She does not give much credibility

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