Bonnie and Clyde: we've been on a first name basis with them for almost a hundred years. Immortalised in movies, songs, and pop culture references, they are remembered mostly for their storied romance and tragic deaths. But what was life really like for Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in the early 1930s? How did two dirt-poor teens from west Texas morph from vicious outlaws to legendary couple? And why? Award-winning author Karen Blumenthal devoted months to tracing the footsteps of Bonnie and Clyde, unearthing new information and debunking many persistent myths. The result is an impeccably researched, breathtaking nonfiction tale of love, car chases, kidnappings, and murder set against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Karen Blumenthal is a former "Wall Street Journal" bureau chief and the author of "Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX. " She lives with her family in Dallas, Texas.