Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179347 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 395 pages

Customer Reviews

My uncle's youth
This book is about my uncle's career with Bonnie and Clyde. He told me that all other books and movies about Bonnie and Clyde were fiction.
This book verifies the stories he told me.
Don Davis

A little disappointed
After reading the Blanche Barrow book, the James R. Knight and the E.R. Milner book I have to admit I was a little disapponinted in this one. I found it to be very self-serving. After all, these people were common criminals who chose to make a life of robbery and violence. Mr. Fults wanted to project the idea that it was solely the corruption of the Texas penal sytem that was most to blame for the lives of the badmen of the era. Also, he constantly surrounded himself with vicious violent men; yet he wants us to beleive that even though he was willing to kill and came close several times, he was basically innocent and an honorable man.
One last point that confused me. In all the other books, Ray Hamilton was portrayed as afraid of, and loathed by, Joe Palmer. In this books, supposedly they are best of pals and are comforted in the fact that they are executed at the same time. There just seems to be more than a few inconsistancies in thsi book.

Running With Bonnie & Clyde: The Ten Fast Years of Ralph Fults
A must read for anyone interested in Bonnie and Clyde, Ray Hamilton, Joe Palmer or about American crime in the 1930's. A well written review of an amazing life, offering a new angle on the story of the infamous Barrow Gang and the long term results of the 1934 Eastham Camp 1 breakout. A great book that takes you on a journey that you can see being played out before you. Buy it, you won't regret it!