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Even during their lifetimes, the couple's depiction in the press was at considerable odds with the hardscrabble reality of their life on the road—particularly in the case of Parker. Though she was present at a hundred or more felonies during her two years as Barrow's companion, she was not the machine gun-wielding cartoon killer portrayed in the newspapers, newsreels and pulpy detective magazines of the day. Gang member W. D. Jones was unsure whether he had ever seen her fire at officers. Parker's reputation as a cigar-smoking gun moll grew out of a playful snapshot found by police at an abandoned hideout, released to the press, and published nationwide; while she did [[Chain smoking|chain-smoke]] [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] cigarettes, she was not a cigar smoker.

Author-historian Jeff Guinn explains that it was the release of these very photos that put the outlaws on the media map and launched their legend: " [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger] had matinee-idol good looks ~~and ~~Pretty Boy Floyd~~ had~~ the best possible nickname, but the Joplin photos introduced new criminal superstars with the most titillating trademark of all—illicit sex. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were young and unmarried. They undoubtedly slept together—after all, the girl smoked cigars.... Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. With her sassy photographs, Bonnie supplied the sex-appeal, the oomph, that allowed the two of them to transcend the small-scale thefts and needless killings that actually comprised their criminal careers.

Author-historian Jeff Guinn explains that it was the release of these very photos that put the outlaws on the media map and launched their legend: " [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger] had matinee-idol good looks and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd] had the best possible nickname, but the Joplin photos introduced new criminal superstars with the most titillating trademark of all—illicit sex. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were young and unmarried. They undoubtedly slept together—after all, the girl smoked cigars.... Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. With her sassy photographs, Bonnie supplied the sex-appeal, the oomph, that allowed the two of them to transcend the small-scale thefts and needless killings that actually comprised their criminal careers.

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 Even during their lifetimes, the couple's depiction in the press was at considerable odds with the hardscrabble reality of their life on the road—particularly in the case of Parker. Though she was present at a hundred or more felonies during her two years as Barrow's companion,<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"><u> </u></span>she was not the machine gun-wielding cartoon killer portrayed in the newspapers, newsreels and pulpy detective magazines of the day. Gang member <u>W. D. Jones</u> was unsure whether he had ever seen her fire at officers. Parker's reputation as a cigar-smoking <u>gun moll</u> grew out of a playful snapshot found by police at an abandoned hideout, released to the press, and published nationwide; while she did [[Chain smoking|<u>chain-smoke</u>]] [[Camel (cigarette)|<u>Camel</u>]] cigarettes, she was not a cigar smoker.
-Author-historian Jeff Guinn explains that it was the release of these very photos that put the outlaws on the media map and launched their legend: " [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger] had matinee-idol good looks and <u style="font-style:inherit;">Pretty Boy Floyd</u> had the best possible nickname, but the Joplin photos introduced new criminal superstars with the most titillating trademark of all—illicit sex. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were young and unmarried. They undoubtedly slept together—after all, the girl smoked cigars.... Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. With her sassy photographs, Bonnie supplied the sex-appeal, the oomph, that allowed the two of them to transcend the small-scale thefts and needless killings that actually comprised their criminal careers.
+Author-historian Jeff Guinn explains that it was the release of these very photos that put the outlaws on the media map and launched their legend: " [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/John_Dillinger John Dillinger] had matinee-idol good looks and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd Pretty Boy Floyd] had the best possible nickname, but the Joplin photos introduced new criminal superstars with the most titillating trademark of all—illicit sex. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were young and unmarried. They undoubtedly slept together—after all, the girl smoked cigars.... Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. With her sassy photographs, Bonnie supplied the sex-appeal, the oomph, that allowed the two of them to transcend the small-scale thefts and needless killings that actually comprised their criminal careers.
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