The Lives and Times of Bonnie and Clyde Book

Few criminals have intrigued us more than Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and few crimes have attracted more attention than their grisly, two-year rampage across the South in the early 1930s. E. R. Milner cuts through myth and legend in this bold portrait of the real Bonnie and Clyde, drawing on obscure locally published accounts, previously untapped court records, and archived but unpublished oral histories from sixty victims, neighbors, relatives, and police. Now in paperback, The Lives and Times of Bonnie & Clyde examines the forces that brought the two together and traces their violent path through gun battles and narrow escapes to their deaths by ambush in 1934. Supplemented by fourteen photographs as well as personal diaries and letters?including the poem "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde," written by Bonnie herself?Milner?s captivating tale matches the pace of the infamous outlaws? wild crime spree, swiftly capturing the spirited romance of the pair as well as the breadth of their popular and historic legacy.Read More