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Book

Go down together : the true, untold story of Bonnie and Clyde

Call Number

  • 364.1552 G9645 (CEN)

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Edition

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Physical Description

viii, 467 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Summary

An account of the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde explores the ways in which they captured the imaginations of people during and after their time, reveals the role of youth and luck in their two-year crime spree, and recounts the events that led to their deaths.

Contents

  • Henry and Cumie
  • The devil's back porch
  • Clyde
  • Bonnie
  • Dumbbells
  • The bloody 'ham
  • Decision
  • A stumbling start
  • Bonnie in jail
  • Murder in Stringtown
  • Clyde and Bonnie on the run
  • The price of fame
  • Raymond and W.D.
  • "It gets mixed up"
  • The shootout in Joplin
  • Shooting stars
  • Disaster in Wellington, murder in Arkansas
  • The last interlude
  • The Platte City shootout
  • The battle of Dexfield Park
  • Buck and Blanche
  • Struggling to survive
  • The Eastham breakout
  • Hamer
  • The new Barrow Gang
  • Hamer on the trail
  • The Methvins make a deal
  • Bloody Easter
  • Hamer forms a posse
  • Another murder
  • The letters of April
  • The noose tightens
  • Final meetings
  • A new line of work
  • Haven
  • The beginning of the end
  • "Do you know any bank robbers?"
  • The setup
  • The ambush
  • "Well, we got them"
  • Consequences
  • The legent of Bonnie and Clyde.

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