Bonnie and Clyde
The Making of a Legend
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · August 14, 2018
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- Who it’s for
- A layered true-crime story revisits the notorious couple behind a century of pop-culture lore.
- Themes
- Bonnie and Clyde's romance, Outlaw crime, The Great Depression
- Genres
- Criminals & Outlaws, Historical True Crime, 20th-Century America
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Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious--and celebrated--outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way. Bonnie and Clyde: we've been on a first name basis with them for almost a hundred years. Immortalized 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?
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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.
Myth and Memory
A layered true-crime story revisits the notorious couple behind a century of pop-culture lore.
Come here for
- The gap between familiar legend and the lives behind it
- A Depression-era story of romance, violence, and notoriety
Expect
- Careful myth-busting and newly unearthed information
- A sustained nonfiction narrative of love, car chases, and murder
Where it sits
| 20th-Century America | 62% |
|---|---|
| Criminals & Outlaws | 46% |
| Historical True Crime | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- 20th Century America for Teens
- United States for Teens
- Authors
- Karen Blumenthal
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- August 14, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bonnie and Clyde's romance · Outlaw crime · The Great Depression
- Reading lane
- Lives in History