“Book Descriptions: Historian Julia Bricklin's BLONDE RATTLESNAKE, a narrative history of the trial of 19-year-old Burmah White and the violent crime spree she and her husband committed in the sweltering hot summer days and nights of Los Angeles at the height of the Great Depression, detailing the terror of citizens in their path and the outrage they expressed at the female half as opportunistic politicians and a sensationalist press exploited her trial while trying to make sense of her crimes.” DRIVE