On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America

by Bill Beverly and William Beverly

Book Overview

The fugitive is the sinister hero of many a novel (Light in August, Beloved), the luminary in a cluster of motion pictures and in other popular entertainment (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, The Fugitive, Thelma and Louise), and a headliner for the daily news (O. J. Simpson, Osama bin Laden). Yet, although a paradigm and symbol, seldom has the fugitive figure been the focus of literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604731834
• ISBN13: 9781604731835
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"