Ambush
The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
by Ted Hinton
ISBN: 0883190419
ISBN-13: 9780883190418
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Shearer Pub
Published date: 1979
Publisher's Notes
Chronicles the notorious outlaws' criminal exploits, documents the seventeen month manhunt, and explores the reasons why they were elevated to hero status.
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Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Hinton, Ted as Told to Larry Grove
Bryan, Texas: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1979. CN6 - A 2nd printing ex-library hardcover book in fair condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears, taped label, fading, scattered wrinkling and crease, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), cocked, edgewear, bumped corners, lightly loose hinge, a few writing and markings, lightly soiled, some scattered stains, lightly loose hinge, light discoloration, and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ( more information) Offered by Bookmarc's (United States)
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Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Hinton, Ted as Told to Larry Grove
Fredericksburg, Texas: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., 1979. CK6 - Has some wrinkling, chipping, crease, scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. . 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Bookmarc's (United States)
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Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Ted Hinton as Told to Larry Grove
Bryan, Texas, USA: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc. , 1979 The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde meticulously researched and reported by one of the sheriff's deputies who set up a secret, illegal police trap to ambush and shoot them. 25 photographs. hitherto never revealed secrets of the manhunt. NF+/G red leatherette hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Vey trifling page edge soiling. Slight bump of top backstrip. DJ has agetoning and tattering of edges and sundarkening of spine and folds. Two small tears and rips of backstrip. price corner clipped. Rear fold partially taped. Copy of period Movie poster for "Beyond the Rio Grande" of Bonnie and Clyde laid in. . Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine Plus/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Spirit Tomes and Treasures (United States)
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AMBUSH : The Real Story of Bonnie & Clyde
Hinton, Ted, as told to Larry Grove
Bryan 1979, Shoal Creek, 2nd prining of first edtion, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 x 8 1/2, VG/VG ( light edge wear to upped dust jacket edge), xvii, 211 pages, numerous illus, appendice, index. The story of Bonnie and Clyde-their love, their desperate killings, and their destruction in an explosion of gunfire-has fueled an American legend for over forty years. But it is only with this book by the last surviving officer of the six who shot Bonnie and Clyde that the full story of their capture has been told. Hinton's description of a secret, illegal police trap-hidden at the time from the press and public-is one of many revelations he draws from his intimate knowledge of the greatest manhunt of the 1930s. As a Dallas lawman he spent seventeen months, night and day, on the trail of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. He knew the notorious criminals personally from the seamy, hoodlum-ridden Dallas neighborhoods where they all grew up. He shared their code of toughness and genuinely admired the extraordinary courage, skill, and loyalty that made Bonnie and Clyde stand out almost as heroes in the public imagination. Hinton admired them, but he never doubted that they had to be stopped. The long trail could only end in a shootout and their deaths-or his. Hinton's experiences as a green young sheriff's deputy and his compassion for the outlaw lovers give Ambush an unusual dimension of humanity. Twenty-five photographs underscore the book's vivid authenticity. And the author's meticulous research, using sources available to no one else, makes this the definitive work of fact. The result is a powerful human drama of crime and the law: the real story of Bonnie and Clyde. . ISBN: 0-88319-041-9. ( more information) Offered by ARTICLES OF WAR Ltd (United States)
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Ambush : The Real Story of Bonnie & Clyde
Grove, Larry; Hinton, Ted
Fredericksburg, TX, U.S.A.: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1979. The jacket has the price clipped from the front upper right corner flap. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Oddball Books (United States)
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AMBUSH : THE REAL STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
Hinton, Ted As Told To Larry Grove
Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc.. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good ex-library, front end page is pasted to the pastedown, the only other library marks are a stamp on the bottom page edges and the title page has an erasure rub. Very good dust jacket, a little edge rubbing to the jacket. Dust jacket is in a protective cover. ; Full page photographs.; 221 pages . ( more information) Offered by Vagabond Books (United States)
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AMBUSH The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Hinton, Ted
Austin, Texas: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc.. NF/NF. 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0883190419. Excellent copy with previous owner's blind stamp to ffep. Nice DJ; spine sunned. 1st Edition. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pp; The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, as told by the last surviving officer of the six who shot them. 25 photos.. ( more information) Offered by Crazy Horse Books (United States)
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AMBUSH The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde
Hinton, Ted (As Told To Larry Grove)
Austin, TX: Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tiny "R" initial in upper corner of ffep. DJ in mylar. Hinton's experiences as a green young sheriff's deputy and his compassion for the outlaw lovers give [this book] an unusual dimension of humanity. 25 photographs underscore the book's vivid authenticity. And the author's meticulous research, using sources available to no one else, makes this the definitive work of fact. The result is a powerful human drama of crime and the law: the real story of Bonnie and Clyde. B&W Photographs 8vo 8" - 9" tall 211 pp 24374tc . ( more information) Offered by Aunt Teek's Novel Shoppe (United States)
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