Bonnie and Clyde : A Twenty-First-Century Update

by Knight, James R.

• ISBN13: 9781571687944
• ISBN10: 1571687947
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Eakin Pr

Summary

A new contribution to the growing body of serious historical research on the outlaw couple, whose story has taken on near-mythical status but often has been told with little regard for the facts. Includes eyewitness accounts not seen elsewhere."They say the truth hurts, but it will also set you free. All this family has asked, if Clyde and Bonnie are going to be part of history, is that the history be the truth. I think Jim Knight and Jonathan Davis have tried to do justice to both." -- Buddy Williams, son of L.C. Barrow and nephew of Clyde Barrow

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde	1	(3)
The Barrow Family	4	(2)
Growing Up ``Barrow''	6	(3)
The Move to Dallas	9	(2)
Country Boys in the Big City	11	(4)
The Great Divide	15	(4)
Breaking into the Bigtime	19	(5)
Bonnie	24	(3)
Busted	27	(3)
``You're the Sweetest Baby in the World to Me''	30	(2)
The Dumbbell Bandits	32	(3)
Hard Time: Eastham Farm	35	(5)
The Ex-Con	40	(4)
Mud, Mules, and the Lake Dallas Gang	44	(4)
Suicide Sal	48	(5)
A Bad Night in Oklahoma	53	(3)
On the Run	56	(3)
Accidental Tourists	59	(6)
``Deacon'' Jones	65	(3)
``Don't Shoot . . . Think of My Babies!''	68	(3)
The Midnight Ride of Tom Persell	71	(3)
Joplin	74	(9)
``Promise You'll Embalm Us''	83	(3)
Crash and Burn	86	(4)
``Worse than Pretty Boy Floyd''	90	(9)
Platte City	99	(4)
``Take Blanche and Run For It . . . I'm Done For''	103	(10)
``He Was a Good Boy When He Was Little''	113	(3)
The Sowers Ambush	116	(7)
The Eastham Raid	123	(7)
The Professionals: The Gang	130	(9)
The Professionals: The Law	139	(3)
Easter Sunday	142	(6)
``Tell Them I Don't Smoke Cigars''	148	(3)
The Barrow-Hamilton Newspaper Feud	151	(6)
``The Road Gets Dimmer and Dimmer''	157	(4)
``They Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind''	161	(7)
A Macabre Circus	168	(10)
The Harboring Trial	178	(4)
Epilogue	182	(13)
Appendix One: The Ballad of Donnabell Lee	195	(2)
Appendix Two: Bonnie and Clyde Death Car History	197	(3)
Appendix Three: Killings Done by Clyde Barrow or Gang Members	200	(2)
Appendix Four: Banks Robbed by Clyde Barrow	202	(2)
Endnotes	204	(17)
Bibliography	221	(3)
Index	224