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Belle Starr the truth behind the Wild West legend

"In the annals of legendary Wild West desperadoes, Belle Starr is remembered to this day as the Bandit Queen. Shortly after her murder in 1889, a highly romanticized, sensational book titled Bella Starr... The Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James was published--the first in a series of high-profi...

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Main Author: Wallis, Michael, 1945- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Starr, Belle, > 1848-1889.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Outlaws > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Women outlaws > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Women outlaws > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Map: Belle Starr country
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • In the country of the six bulls
  • Young Myra in Carthage
  • "The war that never goes away"
  • All torn asunder
  • Myra on the scout
  • Turning point
  • Part II
  • Gone to Texas
  • Armed and dangerous
  • Jimmy and May
  • On the scout
  • Southern California : an "island" in the sun
  • Living the outlaw life in Texas
  • Sheer greed
  • Jim Reed's last hurrah
  • Repercussions
  • Out of the shadows
  • Part III
  • The glare of the limelight
  • The legend takes root
  • The birth of Belle Starr
  • Hell on the border
  • Myth versus reality
  • The legend grows
  • The curtain falls
  • Who killed Belle Starr?
  • Epilogue: Print the legend
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration credits
  • Index.

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