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Jonathan Davis : Bonnie & Clyde & Marie: A Sister's Perspective on the Notorious Barrow Gang

Stephen F. Austin University Press, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2014

ISBN 1936205122

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AZ2 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Jeff Guinn on the preface ppage in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Preface by Jeff Guinn. 9.5"x6.5", 281 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Whether we like to admit it or not, most recorded history is a matter of best guess. Books about people and events decades or more in the past are generally written by someone who wasn't there: the participants are long gone, and what's left to sort through it s a jumble of third-hand recollections and exaggerated or even entirely made-up articles from period newspapers and magazines. It's frustrating for writers, and even more so for readers. That makes the rare exception - fresh material coming directly from participants to the printed page - both welcome and precious. And that is why Bonnie & Clyde & Marie: A Sister's Perspective on the Notorious Barrow Gang should be greeted with all possible fanfare. You hold historic treasure in your hands. Many years after her beloved brother Clyde's bloody demise on a back road in northwestern Louisiana, Marie Barrow set out with close friend Jonathan Davis to tell the real story of the Barrow gang. Previous books, magazine articles and films - even Warren Beatty's much lauded Bonnie and Clyde - didn't, to Marie's way of thinking, even remotely capture the sweetness of the love between Clyde and Bonnie, nor the desperation with their lots in life that drove them into crime. So over a period of time, Marie told Jonathan the Barrow Gang story from her perspective. She had plenty to tell about. Even as they tried to stay one step ahead of the "laws," Clyde and Bonnie made frequent visits to their families in the fetid slums known as West Dallas, and Marie even joined them on the road a few times to provide Bonnie with female companionship and an opportunity to engage in the "girl talk" she enjoyed so much. Jonathan, a gifted historian and relentless researcher, wrote down everything Marie had to say and doubled-checked it wherever possible. The result was a riveting, insightful manuscript that throbbed with energy. No dry-as-dust, best-guess history here! Now, finally, it's Jonathan's turn to tell the Bonnie and Clyde story, and he does so with the original Marie Barrow manuscript bolstered by his own diligent research. The voice you'll encounter is authentically Marie's, and it's unfiltered in the matter of her expressing opinions. For instance, the Barrow family's dislike of Bonnie's snooty mother Emma comes through loud and clear, as does Marie's unrelenting enmity toward Henry Methvin, the chunky Louisiana con who, with his family, betrayed Clyde and Bonnie to hulking ex-Ranger Frank Hamer. History simply doesn't get any more immediate or more powerful than this.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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