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.

What made the celebrated James-Younger gang risk it all in Minnesota, and how did a town of heroic citizens bring them to their knees?

Meticulously Researched History: An authoritative account that separates fact from legend, drawing on new discoveries and primary sources to tell the true story of the infamous raid.
The Northfield Raid: A minute-by-minute chronicle of the day the James-Younger gang stepped into the First National Bank and met their match in the heroic citizens of a small Minnesota town.
Bushwhacker Aftermath: An exploration of how the brutal legacy of the Civil War and Missouri’s guerrilla conflicts shaped the most celebrated and feared outlaws of the American West.
Eyewitness Accounts: The desperate two-week chase told through the eyes of the possemen, deadeye citizens, and captured gang members, culminating in a bloody final shootout on the Watonwan River.