As I rounded the curve of scrub-speckled highway in Bienville Parish, not far from the Arkansas state line, I nearly blew past the concrete marker I came to see.
Wow, amazing background on Bonnie & Clyde, and that’s incredible that your wife’s mammaw actually saw the car. I was obsessed with the movie in my late teens -- I kept making my friend Johnny dress up like Bonnie & Clyde for Halloween which made no sense because I look nothing like Bonnie & no one ever had any idea who we were -- but I think I liked the populist draw of the Robin Hood-ish couple. Finally, Johnny pointed out that they were murders & refused to wear the costume again -- I think he also had a girlfriend at the time -- so that was the end of that, but they are so interesting, with their kind of populist hero and/or crazy mass murderer-lovers thing going on. Thanks for all this info & for talking about the Dust Bowl, about which I should learn more.
Ha! Just shows how they are still part of popular culture. Fun story. As for the Dust Bowl, that was all Lauren Hough. It gets overlooked and tied up with the Depression. I think we don’t want to believe it could happen.
Wow, amazing background on Bonnie & Clyde, and that’s incredible that your wife’s mammaw actually saw the car. I was obsessed with the movie in my late teens -- I kept making my friend Johnny dress up like Bonnie & Clyde for Halloween which made no sense because I look nothing like Bonnie & no one ever had any idea who we were -- but I think I liked the populist draw of the Robin Hood-ish couple. Finally, Johnny pointed out that they were murders & refused to wear the costume again -- I think he also had a girlfriend at the time -- so that was the end of that, but they are so interesting, with their kind of populist hero and/or crazy mass murderer-lovers thing going on. Thanks for all this info & for talking about the Dust Bowl, about which I should learn more.
Ha! Just shows how they are still part of popular culture. Fun story. As for the Dust Bowl, that was all Lauren Hough. It gets overlooked and tied up with the Depression. I think we don’t want to believe it could happen.