Bonnie and Clyde are the most famous outlaw pair in American history, children of the Dust Bowl, illicit lovers whose criminal run inspired fear and admiration in a country desperate for antiheroes. Th eir bloody path, spoking outward from their family homes in Dallas, ranged across the Southwest, the desiccated southern plains, and the Midwest. Frank Hamer, the legendary Texas Ranger, was hired to stop them. Th e story of their death on a lonely Louisiana back road, as well as their short life together, is a story of a nation reaping the results of environmental degradation, injustice, and greed.
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Bonnie and Clyde are the most famous outlaw pair in American history, children of the Dust Bowl, illicit lovers whose criminal run inspired fear and admiration in a country desperate for antiheroes. Frank Hamer, the legendary Texas Ranger, was hired to stop them. The story of their short life together, is a story of a nation reaping the results of environmental degradation, injustice, and greed.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781680030976
Publisert
2016-10-30
Utgiver
Texas Review Press; Texas Review Press
Vekt
330 gr
Høyde
213 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
232

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Jeff P. Jones was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. His paternal ancestors were sharecroppers in East Texas. He’s a MacDowell Fellow, and his fiction has won several awards, including the A. David Schwartz, Hackney, Wabash, and Meridian Editors’ prizes. He lives on the Palouse in northern Idaho, USA. This is his first book.