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Clyde Barrow - Biography

Biography a Barrow: Life of the Outlaw and Legend of the Barrow Gang

Clyde Barrow is a name that became a symbol of American crime and drug addiction during the Great Depression. Together with his lover and crime accomplice, Bonnie Parker, he created the legendary Barrow gang, who committed a number of cruel and bloody crimes in the 1930s. In this biography, we look at key moments in Clyde Barrow's life and criminal career.

Clyde was born on March 24, 1909, in Telegraph Hill, Texas. He was the fourth of seven children and grew up in a dysfunctional household where poverty and violence were a daily occurrence. Already in his youth, Clyde began to commit crimes - theft and robbery, which served as the beginning of his criminal career.

Fateful for Clyde was a meeting with Bonnie Parker, a young and beautiful girl who also had experience in criminal activity. They fell in love with each other and together began to commit a series of robberies, bank robberies and murders, which brought them to the attention of the law.

The Barrow gang managed to carry out a number of bold and daring robberies, and their lifestyle of criminals made them an object of mass interest and adoration. Clyde and Bonnie became symbols of the struggle against power and icons for many, despite their crimes.

Clyde and Bonnie engaged in many skirmishes with police and special agents. Chasing them led to bloody shootings and murders. They eluded justice, usually after long and dangerous chases, but this only increased interest in their history.