Jesse James in Hell, an original mock-heroic epic in the voice of the infamous outlaw, begins in Nevada after the Civil War, but soon rolls forward without the constraint of specific time and place.
"Direct account of past events takes no time with flattered facts- some has got the duty keep track whats took place, uninformed of the relative size or value of the vignettes- aint like buying Cucumber bushes-
them whatre prone by fear or trainingtake the past with a grain of salt
are damned turn into a Pillar of it."
