Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend

ISBN: 0805086722

Author: Schneider, Paul

Condition: Used

The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America, based on extensive archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviewsThe daring movie revolutionized Hollywood-now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capotes In Cold Blood.Strictly nonfiction-no dialogue or other material has been made up-and set in the dirt-poor Texas landscape that spawned the star-crossed outlaws, Paul Schneiders brilliantly researched and dramatically crafted tale begins with a daring jailbreak and ends with an ambush and shoot-out that consigns their bullet-riddled bodies to the crumpled front seat of a hopped-up getaway car.Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows relationship was, at the core, a toxic combination of infatuation blended with an instinct for going too far too fast. The poetry-writing petite Bonnie and her gun-crazy lover drove lawmen wild. Despite their best efforts the duo kept up their exploits, slipping the noose every single, damned time. That is until the weight of their infamy in four states caught up with them in the famous ambush that literally blasted away their years of live-action rampage in seconds. Without glamorizing the killers or vilifying the cops, the book, alive with action and high-level entertainment, provides a complete picture of Americas most famous outlaw couple and the culture that created them.