One of the most sought-after criminals of the Depression era,
Ralph Fults began his career of crime at the improbable age of
fourteen. At nineteen he met Clyde Barrow in a Texas prison, and
the two men together founded what would later be known as the
Barrow gang. "Running with Bonnie and Clyde "is the story of
Fults's experiences in the Texas criminal underworld between the
years 1925 and 1935 and the gripping account of his involvement
with the Barrow gang, particularly its notorious duo, Bonnie and
Clyde.
Fults's "ten fast years" were both dramatic and violent. As an
adolescent he escaped numerous juvenile institutions and jails, was
shot by an Oklahoma police officer, and was brutalized by prison
guards. With Clyde, following their fateful meeting in 1930, he
robbed a bank to finance a prison raid. "After "the ambush of
Bonnie and Clyde, in 1934, he joined forces with Raymond Hamilton;
together the two robbed more banks and eluded countless posses
before Hamilton's capture and 1935 execution. One of the few
survivors among numerous associates who ended up shot, stabbed,
beaten to death, or executed, Fults was later able to reform
himself, believing that the only reason he was spared was to reveal
the darkest aspects of his past-and in so doing expose the
circumstances that propel youth into crime.
Author John Neal Phillips tells Fults's story in vivid and at
times raw detail, recounting bank robberies, killings, and prison
escapes, friendships, love affairs, and marriages. Dialogues based
on actual conversations amongst the participants enhance the
narrative's authenticity. Whereas in books and mms, Fults, Parker,
Barrow, and Hamilton have been romanticized or depicted as
one-dimensional, depraved characters, "Running with Bonnie and
Clyde "shows them as real people, products of social, political,
and economic forces that directed them into a life of crime and
bound them to it for eternity.
Although basing his account primarily on Fults's testimony,
Phillips substantiates that viewpoint with references to scores of
eyewitness interviews, police files and court documents, and
contemporary news accounts. An important contribution to criminal
and social history, "Running with Bonnie and Clyde "will be
fascinating reading for scholars and general readers alike.
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