The story of the Marlow brothers, George, Charles, Alf and Epp, and their bloody trail through northern Texas in the 1880s.

Rathmell's book, biased in favor of the five Marlow brothers, has long been out of print. Robert K. DeArment has sifted through the evidence and presents an objective, annotated edition. Readers can judge for themselves: were the Marlows as law-abiding as Rathmell claims?

The pioneering ventures of the Marlow family covered most of the western states, with emphasis on Young County, Texas, the scene of their most famous fight, and Colorado, where the surviving brothers finally settled; their fights with law men and outlaws were frequent and violent.

A lively reference covering a century’s worth of shooters, sheriffs, and more in the Lone Star State. The Lone Star State is known for producing both vicious outlaws and valorous lawmen. While Machine Gun Kelly terrorized urban civilians, lawmen such as Ranger John Barclay Armstrong tried to keep things under control. This is the story of Texas’s most famous criminals, intrepid lawmen—and in the case of James Edwin Reed, both—as well as such figures as the legendary Judge Roy Bean. This reference brings to life a time before the West was tamed, and also includes a chronology of well-known crimes and a locale list of notorious events.

First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose.