But in the Depression, when Bonnie and Clyde made the conscious decision that they would, in fact, live as criminals from there on out, their timing was perfect and that they started doing these things at the exact moment so many Americans saw banks as the enemy, the government as the enemy and wanted any kind of entertainment to take their minds off their troubles, and the media fed into this, and in a sense, Bonnie and Clyde became the first two modern icons created by the media in America. GUINN: One of the very ironic things about the whole Depression is that when it arrived, the poor people in Texas didn't even know that things had changed at all. I mean, they were creatures of their context as Depression heroes because they took control of their lives in a certain way when other people couldn't. LYDEN: So they kind of topped into that seething of Depression-era rage. They not only had nothing growing up, but it was clear to them they'd never have anything because this was an era in America where law-abiding poor people remain just that - poor. GUINN: Bonnie and Clyde came of age in the slum of West Dallas across the Trinity River from Dallas itself, and it was one of the worst slums in all of America. LYDEN: Jeff, tell me about their childhoods growing up in the Depression era. JEFF GUINN (Author, "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde"): Just across the river from here, in fact.
Jeff Guinn is the author of the new book, "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde." He's with me from KERA in Dallas, and that's kind of appropriate because it's in Dallas, right, where the two of them grew up, met and fell in love? LYDEN: Their lives may have ended on that dusty highway, but Bonnie and Clyde live on as two of the most famous criminals to capture the public imagination. LYDEN: Seventy-five years ago today, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, in a stolen V8 Ford, drove out of Gibsland, Louisiana and straight into history.
DUNAWAY: (As Bonnie Parker) Hi, I'm Bonnie Parker. WARREN BEATTY (Actor): (As Clyde Barrow) Clyde Barrow. FAYE DUNAWAY (Actress): (As Bonnie Parker) Hey, what's your name, anyhow? Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
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