The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers

People love to turn certain types of outlaws into folk heroes. Thieves and murderers are portrayed as varying versions of Robin Hood, and when they die, there are often stories about how they faked their deaths somehow. Billy the Kid and John Dillinger were both rumored to be alive long after they m......more

A very different kind of story featuring a couple of brothers who rob banks for money during the Depression era when the public vicariously thrill to the news stories of famous robbers succeeding - until they don't. As you might be able to tell from the book's title, the firefly brothers just can't......more

The Many Deaths of the Firefly by Thomas Mullen is an amazing book. It is one of those rare titles where everything works. Starting with the outside, it has a deep red jacket with a fedora clad silhouette walking towards the reader its trench coat flapping slightly. It has an intriguing title that m......more

Mullen's Public Enemy saga features the Fireson family. Patriarch Pop is a hard working man, the owner of small grocery stores, and a man attempting to improve the lives of his family through real estate investments. Bad business partners and the crash have taken care of those dreams. Although Pop h......more

The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers is set in the great depression and follows the immortal escapades of the Fireson brothers, Whit and Jason. The tone of Firefly Brothers is fairly light, almost comical, and while the action is often gruesome and many of the events are heavy the overall feeling......more