Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd

by Michael Wallis

Book Overview

From the best-selling author of Billy the Kid and Route 66, a true-life story of a notorious outlaw that magnificently re-creates the vanished, impoverished world of Dust Bowl America. Michael Wallis... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312070713
• ISBN13: 9780312070717
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Most Accurate account of the Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd

I was fascinated reading of the factual history of Choc and my families- the Woffords and Watsons.

SUPERB BIO!

This is without question the best biography I have come across in many years. I strongly suggest anyone who has even an inkling of interest in modern American history make it a point to get this book and read it. They will not be disapponited.

A very interesting and well-researched book.

I became interested in "Pretty Boy Floyd" when I found out his mother was distantly related to my family and I was researching my family. He was raised 25 miles from where I live until his family moved to Oklahoma. There was mention of the town in the book and some of the mischief he got in to. The house they lived in still stands. I was able to use some of the information from the book to go in my family tree. The book was very well written and seemed to be accurate in the account given of his life. I felt like I had known him from the reading of this book and feel he was unjustly killed at the end. His mother was treated unfairly about the way the funeral took care of his body. The pictures in the book of his family in the younger days were very good pictures. I didn't especially care for the ones at the funeral home where he was more or less put on display. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the history and hardships that occurred during the early part of the century.I am sure I will read this book again. It was hard to put down when I read it the first time.

A GREAT BOOK

I JUST FINISHED THIS BOOK AND I'M SORRY IT'S OVER. IT WAS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. OF INTEREST TO ME WAS HOW CLOSE CHARELS FLOYD LIVED TO MY RELATIVES IN OKLAHOMA. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY ONE INTERESTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

An Enjoyable Read!

This was an incredibly interesting book about one of the now-forgotten characters of American history. The author does a great job in portraying Depression era Oklahoma, and how outlaws such as Pretty Boy Floyd came to be. After reading this book, it is clear that Pretty Boy Floyd was a bandit who had more in common with figures such as Jesse and Frank James than contemporary gangsters such as Al Capone. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this period of Americana. The only flaw in this book is the rather shallow characterization of Floyd himself. While not quite whitewashing Pretty Boy Floyd, the author quickly glosses over any negative characteristics while expounding on Floyd's positive traits such as his generosity and good nature. In all likelihood Floyd was a complex figure, and the book would have done greater service to his memory had it presented a more balanced view.