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. "e;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 saltare damned turn into a Pillar of it."e;