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Reclaiming Texas History's avatar

PS - I published a three part series for the 90th anniversary of the final run of Bonnie & Clyde in C&I Magazine online in 2024, which I will republish here on Substack this weekend.

Derrick Jeter's avatar

Cool. I'll keep an eye out for that.

Reclaiming Texas History's avatar

Very well said. You are definitely deeply versed in the real history. Martinez herself is more of a folkorist and “activist” (her word) than a historian, whose publications are founded almost exclusively on uncorroborated “oral histories” and, often, more recently created mythologies. Her work regularly evades/ignores established modern scholarship. It’s is of note that WaPo refused to publish a competing article by John Fusco and myself, at that time.

The Music of My Life's avatar

She's cute, I'd likely rob a bank for her

Derrick Jeter's avatar

Clyde thought she was cute too, and ended up bullet-riddled.

The Music of My Life's avatar

Ya gotta risk it all sometimes!