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Bookmark or Share- Floyd, Charles Arthur | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and CultureKnown as "Choc" Floyd or "Pretty Boy," Oklahoma's most notorious and glorified folk bandit, Charles Arthur Floyd also became one of the nation's most celebrated criminals. He was immortalized in song by Woody Guthrie and by the fictional Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- Pretty Boy Floyd - WikipediaCharles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s.
- FBI agents kill fugitive “Pretty Boy” Floyd - HISTORYCharles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a corn field in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, who had been a hotly pursued fugitive for four years, used his last breath to deny his ...
- Pretty Boy Floyd | Depression-era, Bank Robber, Oklahoma | BritannicaPretty Boy Floyd (born February 3, 1904, Bartow county, Georgia, U.S.—died October 22, 1934, near East Liverpool, Ohio) was an American gunman whose violent bank robberies and run-ins with police made newspaper headlines.
- Nation: Blasting a G-Man Myth - TIMEO ct. 22, 1934, G-Man Melvin Purvis cornered Bank Robber Charles (“Pretty Boy”) Floyd in a farmhouse near East Liverpool, Ohio. When Floyd, armed with two .45-cal. pistols, fled across a...
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