Legends of Rube Burrow & Gang: A Collection of Historical Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798574478639)

Lamar County, Alabama is a wonderful place to live. It is quiet here, you know your neighbor and they know you; we live the good life. In Rube Burrow's time, that quiet wonderful life was interrupted by "outsiders", or "intruders", coming into the county for various reasons and carelessly judging our people. Legends of Rube Burrow have been told for over one hundred years. I never tire of hearing another Rube Burrow story. As you read this collection of years of research, you are entitled to your own opinion. It is not my intent to open old family wounds. I know the persons mentioned in this book are someone's father, mother, grandfather, grandmother or other relative. As I have told my boys, "I don't always love what you do, but I always love you." I am sure that the parents and other family members of Rube Burrow and Gang felt the same. I hope this book is accepted in the spirit it is written. Based on my research, Rube Burrow was daring, reckless, witty and loved his family. He was very determined. I found where one person said, "He's got grit" and that he had. He was called ignorant by those who tried to capture him. But ignorant or not, reports are that Southern Express Company spent over $20,000 trying to capture him. Hundreds of detectives and lawmen chased him over several states and in the end, two Black men, Jesse Hildreth and Frank Marshall did what many detectives had tried to do. In an interview Jesse said they didn't know who he was, if they had known they would not have bothered him.It seems Rube Burrow possessed a certain charm and charisma, and he had friends and kinsmen everywhere. We have stories passed though generations where time and again, he helped someone. We don't know why he became a robber, only Rube can tell us that and he is not here. Many mysteries surround the life and time of Rube Burrow. Today, we wonder and speculate. Meanwhile I continue to research through historical newspapers, records and legends looking for answers to my questions. I have uncovered information of interest in the death of Postmaster Graves, about famous outlaw Eugene Bunch's visit in Lamar County. You'll have to read that story.

Author: Barbara Carruth
ISBN-10: 8574478636
ISBN-13: 9798574478639
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d