Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend (AUDIOBOOK)
Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind the Legend (AUDIOBOOK) By Paul Schneider
Publisher: Tantor Media 2009 | 15 hours 27 mins | ISBN: 1400161436 | MP3 | 331 MB
Publisher: Tantor Media 2009 | 15 hours 27 mins | ISBN: 1400161436 | MP3 | 331 MB
Almost 75 years ago, the four-year murder and robbery spree of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow ended in a hail of bullets on a desolate Louisiana road. During those four years, the Barrow Gang held up a few banks, knocked over numerous grocery stores, killed several police officers, and successfully cast themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods struggling against an unjust social order. This work strives, successfully for the most part, to strip away the sensationalism and view the couple and their exploits accurately. More lyrical than Jeff Guinn in Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde (2009), Schneider uses the words and even thoughts of key players to tell their story. He eloquently describes the bleak, Depression-era environment that helped spawn Bonnie and Clyde and made the public willing to accept a pair of damaged souls as romantic figures. For both crime aficionados and general readers with an interest in the era, this book is of great value.