Queen of all mayhem: the blood-soaked life & mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West
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| Grouping Title | queen of all mayhem the blood soaked life and mysterious death of belle starr the most dangerous woman in the west |
| Grouping Author | dane huckelbridge |
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-08-03 05:12:36AM |
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On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley--better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet "Belle Starr"--was blown from her horse saddle and killed by a pair of shotgun blasts, delivered by an unseen assailant, only a few miles away from her home in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma. Thus ended the life of one of the most colorful, authentic, and dangerous women in the history of the American West. While today's household names like Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane had dubious criminal bona fides, Belle's were not in any doubt. She led a gang of horse thieves (a very serious crime in an era when horses were often the basis of one's livelihood); was romantically involved with two of the West's most legendary outlaws, Cole Younger and Jim Reed (her first husband); and participated in stickups and robberies across present-day Texas and Oklahoma. When Reed was murdered, Belle crossed into Indian Territory, where she assimilated into the Cherokee tribe, a matrilineal society, and soon married Sam Starr, a direct descendant of Nanye'hi, the greatest female warrior in Cherokee history. Dane Huckelbridge, acclaimed author of No Beast So Fierce, probes a life rich in contradictions and intrigue. Why did a woman who had considerable advantages in life--a good family, a decent education, solid marriage prospects, a clear path to financial security--choose to pursue a life of crime? The life of Belle Starr is one of almost endless trauma: the horrors of the Civil War, which destroyed her hometown and killed her beloved brother, Bud; the untimely deaths of her first two husbands, both of them murdered; a stint in Detroit's notorious women's prison. Her career coincided with those of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and yet Belle Starr was a very different sort of feminist icon.
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Starr, Belle, -- 1848-1889
Women outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
Cherokee Indians -- History -- 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Queen of all mayhem : the blood-soaked life & mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West
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Queen of all mayhem : the blood-soaked life & mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West / Dane Huckelbridge
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Queen of all mayhem
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the blood-soaked life & mysterious death of Belle Starr, the most dangerous woman in the West
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Starr family
Starr, Belle
Women outlaws
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