Jeff Guinn

signs The Last Gunfight (Simon Schuster $27) On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot in Tombstone, Arizona, a confrontation between eight armed men erupted in a deadly shootout. The gunfight at the O.K. Corral shaped how future generations came to view the old West. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, ... (more)and the Clantons became the stuff of legends, symbolic of a West populated by good guys in white hats and villains in black ones, and where law enforcement largely consisted of sheriffs and outlaws facing off at high noon on the main streets of dusty, desolate towns where every man packed at least one six-shooter on his hips. It's colorful stuff—but the truth is even better. "A gripping revisionist account of the famed 1881 showdown. . . . Exhaustively researched, stylishly written. . . . As grimly compelling as a Greek tragedy." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Author: Jeff Guinn, Bestselling Author, combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Their timing ... (more)could not have been better, the Barrow Gang pulled its first heist in 1932 when most Americans, reeling from the Great Depression, were desperate for escapist entertainment. Thanks to newsreels, true crime magazines, and new-fangled wire services that transmitted scandalous photos of Bonnie smoking a cigar to every newspaper in the nation, the Barrow Gang members almost instantly became household names on a par with Charles Lindbergh, Jack Dempsey, and Babe Ruth. In the minds of the public, they were cool, calculating bandits who robbed banks and killed cops with equal impunity. Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous books and films, including the brilliant 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have emphasized the supposed glamour of America's most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different and far more fascinating. Title: Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, $27.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781416557067, On Sale Date: March 01, 2009. Rainy Day Books will have Jeff Guinn's Books
for Sale at this Author Event. What: Jeff Guinn will talk about his New Book, his life, his work, answer
audience questions and he will autograph copies of his New Book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event. When: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 7:00 PM. The iconic motion picture Bonnie and Clyde (1967), featuring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Gene Hackman, will be screened in the Truman Forum at 5:00 PM, prior to Jeff Guinn’s Presentation. Where: A Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone: 816-701-3407, Reception at 6:30 PM, Discussion at 7:00 PM, and Booksigning at 8:00 PM
Admission: Complimentary and Open to the General Public. Please Call the Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 for Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have Jeff Guinn's Books for Sale at this Author Event.

Jeff Guinn is the author of the bestselling Christmas Chronicles series that includes "The Autobiography of Santa Claus," "How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas," and "The Great Santa Search.

Jeff Guinn is the author of the bestselling Christmas Chronicles series that includes "The Autobiography of Santa Claus," "How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas," and "The Great Santa Search.

In the minds of the public, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were cool, calculating bandits who robbed banks and killed cops with equal impunity. The real story is completely different - and far more fascinating. Clyde and Bonnie were perhaps the most inept crooks ever, and their two-year crime spree was ... (more)as much a reign of error as it was of terror. Their devotion to each other was as real as their overblown reputation as criminal masterminds was not. Jeff Guinn is an award-winning author and former book editor for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.