The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who shot their way across Depression-era America based on archival research declassified FBI documents and interviews The daring movie revolutionized Hollywood--now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers own voices with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote s In Cold Blood. Strictly nonfiction--no dialogue or other material has been made up--and set in the dirt-poor Texas landscape that spawned the star-crossed outlaws Paul Schneider s brilliantly researched and dramatically crafted tale begins with a daring jailbreak and ends with an ambush and shoot-out that consigns their bullet-riddled bodies to the crumpled front seat of a hopped-up getaway car. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow s relationship was at the core a toxic combination of infatuation blended with an instinct for going too far too fast. Without glamorizing the killers or vilifying the cops the book alive with action and high-level entertainment provides a complete picture of America s most famous outlaw couple and the culture that created them.