Bandits And Outlaws

The most famous outlaw is... ROBIN HOOD! Everyone knows the story or robin hood.(if not go to the link at the bottom of the page) robin hood was an out law who was belived to live in sherwood forest sitiuated in nottingham, he was known for steeling from the rich and giving to the poor, assisted by his merry men.

But robin hood was not the only outlaw we know, jessy james is another out law who in the end fort for what he bleived in. A couple of things historians have raised were: are these just folk tales? what evidence do we have except word of mouth? what do you think?http://http://www.robinhood.info/robinhood/legend.html