Monday, February 6, 2017

My Life With Bonnie and Clyde written by Blanche Caldwell Barrow Edited by John Neal Philips

Are you a history buff? A history buff as in you want to know about the infamous bank robbers from Dallas, Texas area during the Great Depression known as Bonnie and Clyde (also known as the Barrow Gang)? My Life with Bonnie and Clyde is written by Clyde's own sister -in- law (not Bonnie's sister-in-law), Blanch Caldwell Barrow, who was married to Clyde's older brother Marvin Ivan "Buck" Barrow. This book is edited by John Neal Phillips who added his own information of things about Blanch and the Barrow Gang.
But not to confuse you, Bonnie and Clyde started out as the Barrow Gang because Blanch, "Buck", and a friend of theirs were in the whole bank robbing job together and were known as the Barrow Gang.
My interest in Bonnie and Clyde started in a long car ride with my mother and I told her from what I heard from a friend of mine who knew some information about them. Next thing I knew I read about a hour and a half article all about Bonnie and Clyde out loud to my mother. That's when I looked up at my library's database and found this book. Blanche and the editor John Neal Philips do an excellent job giving details about the personalities of Bonnie and Clyde, also there are pictures (which I believe people may have not seen before) in the book. I did enjoy it and I hope you do too.

Trivia question one:
Was Blanche the only survivor out of the whole Barrow Gang?
Trivia Question two:
What did Clyde do to intentional injure himself when he was in jail and why?

Caldwell Barrow, Blanche. My Life with Bonnie and Clyde . Ed. John Neal Phillips. Norman, OK: U of Oklahoma Press, 2004. Print.

I want to put citations in my blogs to show credit to the author(s) and editor(s) who worked on the book. The description above are my words. 

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