The true story of the deadliest shootout for lawmen in US history as ten police officers and one civilian went to arrest two brothers for murder on January 2, 1932, just outside Springfield, Missouri.
Jake Harvard, 13 is not happy when he learns he has to spend the summer with his uncle Benny, a middle aged detective in suburban Washington DC. Jake meets a young girl named Kat Adams who has a passion for American history. After uncle Benny turns away a client named Lola Meanors who is looking for her missing husband, Jake and Kate start their own secret investigation.