Rube Burrow, king of outlaws, and his band of train robbers

The author compiles a factual account of an outlaw and his accomplices, tracing family origins, early life, eight train robberies across several states, interrogations and confessions, narrow escapes and multiple arrests, murders during raids, manhunts by detectives, prison trials and attempted escapes, and the final fatal encounter and a companion's suicide. The narrative intersperses official reports, witness statements, and trial records to reconstruct the gang's schemes, captures, and legal outcomes, aiming to correct sensationalized press accounts and to show the consequences of a life of crime.