Lampião
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"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Northeast of Brazil, called
Lampião, photographed in 1926
Lampião was in the habit of reading newspapers, including O Globo.
Lampião and some of his cangaceiros. Lampião is left of centre, to his left is Maria Bonita. The distinctive leather hats with upturned brims and leather clothes can be seen. The men have Mauser rifles, a great deal of ammunition and several have long peixeira knives thrust though their waist-belts.
Cinematographer Benjamin Abrahão Botto, left, with Maria Bonita and Lampião.
Jesse James
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Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised a Southern sympathizer in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his b
Lampião
…actions against paramilitary police when heavily outnumbered. Lampião's exploits and reputation turned him into a folk hero, the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James or Pancho Villa. His image, as well as that of his partner Maria Bonita, can be seen across the entirety of the Northeast of Brazil. Virgulino was born…
James c. 1875 in Nebraska City
James' farm in Kearney, Missouri, pictured in March 2010
Ambrotype of James, c. 1862
Copy of an Ambrotype, taken of Jesse James in Platte City on July 10, 1864