Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend

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 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. 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.