
My Life with Bonnie and Clyde
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Valerie Gilbert
Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde's brother, Buck Barrow, and his wife, Blanche. Of these four accomplices, only one, Blanche Caldwell Barrow, lived beyond early adulthood and only Blanche left behind a written account of their escapades. Edited by outlaw expert John Neal Phillips, Blanche's previously unknown memoir is here available for the first time.
Blanche wrote her memoir between 1933 and 1939, while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary. Following her death, Blanche's good friend and the executor of her will, Esther L. Weiser, found the memoir wrapped in a large unused Christmas card. Later she entrusted it to Phillips, who had interviewed Blanche several times before her death. Drawing from these interviews, and from extensive research into Depression-era outlaw history, Phillips supplements the memoir with helpful notes and with biographical information about Blanche and her accomplices.
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Great story
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WOW! Amazing
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On the negative side, the author took lengthy breaks from the story to describe newspaper headlines and period history. I often felt as if she should just get on with the story. Then, there is the narrator, who sounded as if she was reading to a class of kindergarten students; she read without much passion, e-nun-ci-a-ting e-ver-y word. I don't know the origin of the narrator, but as someone who has lived in the region where the Barrows lived, her Texas accent didn't sound credible. Once you can get past these two stumbling blocks, the story is very good
A Few Stumbling Blocks, but a Worthwhile Listen
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great book
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When she would say penitentiary I would have to grit my teeth - I have never heard it pronounced the way this narrator says in the book.
Overall the story was interesting only in the fact that this was a first hand account of the Barrow gang. But there are other excellent books out there about Bonnie and Clyde and their gang that is well written and researched and I would recommend if you are interested to listen to one of those and save your money on this one
Sorta boring - horrible narrator
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When I was browsing for an interesting new 'read/listen' I saw this book and I thought 'Why not?'. Audible.com will accept it as a return if I do not like it so 'here goes nothing'!
I am so grateful that I jumped in. What a great 'listen'. Blanche was not weak. To the contrary she was strong. Very strong indeed. She 'made her vows'. She married her man and loved him regardless of his weaknesses. It would have been so easy to walk away but she was a woman of character. I know that I could not have been so strong.
A very interesting listen/read. Unlike so many books about this subject it does not go 'on and on' about Bonnie. This is all about Blanche. A multidimensional character that makes me wonder what type of life she would have had should she have been lucky enough to have had a good education. I feel that she may have made quite a positive impression on the world.
Excellent performance by Valerie Gilbert.
A Woman Of Her Word
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Great Book!
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Two thumbs up
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exceptional
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I know it's not easy to read a whole book out loud, but she would have been better off just reading it, not trying to act. The parts where she did just read it were very good. Most of the time I had to just focus on the words and ignore the performance.
Other than that, the story is very interesting.
Great story, annoying narration
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