On a Thursday afternoon in April 1930, a comely 17-year-old blond stormed into a bank and shoved a nickel-plated revolver into the face of an astonished teller. Meanwhile, her handsome 28-year-old accomplice terrorized bank staff and customers by firing a warning shot from his sawed-off rifle, which ricocheted across the banking floor as the bystanders … Continue reading Historicist: The Girl Bandit