Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend

Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the LegendThe flesh and blood story of the outlaw lovers who shot their way across Depression era America, based on archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews The 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 Capote's In Cold Blood. Strictly nonfiction no dialogue or other material has been made up and set in the dirt poor Texas

The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who shot their way across Depression-era America, based on archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews

The 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 Capote's 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 Schneider's 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 Barrow's relationship was, at the core, a toxic combination of infatuation blended with an instinct for going too far too fast. Without glamorizing the killers, or vilifying the cops, the book, alive with action and high-level entertainment, provides a complete picture of America's most famous outlaw couple and the culture that created them.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 03/30/2010
ISBN: 9780805092356
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d