Sixty short stories, arranged chronologically, beginning with "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and covering the entire span of Twain's writing life, from 1865 to 1916

Two criminals rob a bank. One escapes, but the other is captured by the police. Eventually one criminal becomes a sheriff in Monterey. The other, after having been jailed in a brutal Mexican prison for five years, comes looking for revenge.