![]() ![]() This poem, by Parker, depicted the pair as populist desperadoes, misunderstood and star-crossed lovers driven to a life of crime. Bonnie Parker sent poems and photographs to newspapers, heralding the Barrow Gang’s exploits and defending her honor. Bonnie and Clyde’s “aspirations” were low: they preferred raiding small, isolated banks and did not hesitate to prey on modest stores and marginal businesses. In turn, they courted publicity and cultivated the image of misfit-heroes. The notoriety of the Barrow Gang (“Bonnie and Clyde”) was bolstered by wild shootouts with police, spectacular car chases, and the romance of two lovers outside the law. To many ordinary citizens during the Great Depression, bank robbers were seen as victims of injustice driven to commit crimes, folk heroes wreaking vengeance on a callous economic system. “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” by Bonnie Parker ![]()
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