The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde

by John Treherne

Overview

Here is the true story of Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909-1934), a young sociopathic Southern couple gunned down by authorities after a two-year crime spree that left twelve people dead. This history cuts through hype and mythology and examines the outlaws' liberal and dysfunctional sex life, their astonishing ability to elude a 1000-man posse, the contradictory accounts of the mythic ambush that resulted in their deaths and the extraordinary growth of Bonnie and Clyde legend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815411062
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/22/2000
Edition description:	1ST COOPER
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.67(d)

Editorial Reviews

The author tells the whole unedifying story from wretched childhood to wretched death, to bloody fame and posthumous glory with clarity, level headedness, and with economy.

Times Literary Supplement

[Treherne] is a relentless tracker down of fascinating detail....[A] compelling read.

Economist

Gripping....The author convincingly details the transformation of two 'vicious thieves' into folk heroes as generations have found, especially in film, the version of events they want....Trehrene's concern, unlike his machine-guning protagonists, is with accuracy.

New Statesman

[Treherne] is a relentless tracker down of fascinating detail....[A] compelling read.

Economist

[Treherne] is a relentless tracker down of fascinating detail....[A] compelling read.--Economist

The author tells the whole unedifying story from wretched childhood to wretched death, to bloody fame and posthumous glory with clarity, level headedness, and with economy.--Times Literary Supplement

Gripping....The author convincingly details the transformation of two 'vicious thieves' into folk heroes as generations have found, especially in film, the version of events they want....Trehrene's concern, unlike his machine-guning protagonists, is with accuracy.--New Statesman

From the Publisher

The author tells the whole unedifying story from wretched childhood to wretched death, to bloody fame and posthumous glory with clarity, level headedness, and with economy.

Times Literary Supplement (UK)

The author tells the whole unedifying story from wretched childhood to wretched death, to bloody fame and posthumous glory with clarity, level headedness, and with economy.

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