From the moment Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker started committing crimes across 1930s America, they have been romanticised in literature, film, and folklore.
Their brief and tragic lives actually turned out completely differently and were much more fascinating.
Author Jeff Guinn narrates the true story of two young people from a dirty Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly exchanged their life for a brief period of excitement and, more importantly, fame.
He does this by combining extensive research with shocking, recently discovered information.
This book unveils the truth behind the myth, recounted with cinematic sweep and extraordinary insight by a master storyteller, in large part.
Because to living relatives of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker who gave Guinn access to never-before-published family archives and images.
Overview of Bonnie and Clyde in The Go Down Together: the True, Untold Story
In Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Guinn tells the true story of two young people.
These two people from a slum in Dallas who fell in love and gladly exchanged their lives for a brief period of excitement and, more importantly, fame.
The Barrow Gang committed its first theft in 1932, when most Americans were in desperate need of escape amusement due to the Great Depression.
Their timing could not have been greater. The Barrow Gang members almost soon became well-known figures on par with Charles Lindbergh, Jack Dempsey.
And Babe Ruth thanks to newsreels, true crime publications, and cutting-edge wire services that sent sensational images of Bonnie smoking a cigar to every newspaper in the country.
They were viewed by the general public as cool, cunning outlaws who assassinated police officers and robbed banks with equal impunity.
The opposite could not have been truer. The two-year crime spree of Clyde and Bonnie, who were possibly the most incompetent criminals ever, was as much a reign of error as it was one of fear.
The Barrow Gang primarily preyed on local mom-and-pop stores and service stations since they lacked the ability to plan bank robberies in large cities.
Even though, they frequently came up empty-handed and had little choice except to hack into gum vending machines to get money for food.
Conclusion
Forget all you believe to be true about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker; prior books and movies.
Including as the excellent 1967 picture starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have accentuated the alleged glamour of America’s most infamous criminal pair.
Contributing to continued mythology. The actual account is very different—and much more captivating.
