Go Down Together: the True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde is a new (early 2009) book by Jeff Guinn, a Fort Worth resident. This non-fiction book brings to light almost every detail of Bonnie and Clyde’s “adventures.”
Guinn has a team of what I would call world-class researchers. The details in this book are so specific that you can almost imagine yourself as an eye-witness. Guinn was able to write such a vivid account of Bonnie and Clyde because of “surviving Barrow and Parker family members and collectors of criminal memorabilia who provided Guinn with access to never-before-published material.”
The reader will get a history lesson of both the Parker and Barrow families, what life was like in West Dallas in the 1920′s and 1930′s, the strong familial bond Bonnie and Clyde had with their families, and a look into the personalities of Bonnie and Clyde, as well as other members of the Barrow gang and “the laws” that were after them.
I enjoyed this book so much that I’m thinking of signing up for the Dallas Historical Society’s Running with Bonnie and Clyde tour!
