Pretty Boy Floyd
Oklahoma's handsome bandit
Pretty Boy Floyd was the nickname of Charles Arthur Floyd (1904–1934), an American bank robber during the Depression era.
He gained folk-hero status in Oklahoma, where he allegedly destroyed mortgage documents during robberies, freeing farmers from debt.
The FBI named him Public Enemy Number One before agents killed him in Ohio.
His story inspired Woody Guthrie's ballad and represents the romanticized outlaw tradition in American culture.
- outlawFugitive from justice
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- DillingerNotorious American gangster
- public enemy number oneMost hunted criminal designation
- bank robberOne who steals from vaults
bank robbery · Oklahoma · FBI · fugitive · Tommy gun · machine gun · Woody Guthrie · folk song · ballad · folk hero · Robin Hood · wanted · wanted poster · dead or alive · on the run · crime · dust bowl · shootout
Pretty Boy FloydJ. Edgar Hoover
G-men · FBI agents · lawmen · Texas Rangers · law enforcement
Pretty Boy Floydrobber barons
Exploitative nineteenth-century capitalists
bankers · Wall Street · loan sharks · corrupt officials · Baby Face Nelson
Pretty Boy FloydAl Capone
Lucky Luciano · Machine Gun Kelly · mob boss · bootleggers · John Dillinger
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