03322cam a2200277 4500 2448251996 TxAuBib 20250717120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063307032 0063307030 b20363b6-f2ae-49b0-b8dc-4854349a5f0e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11090946 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Huckelbridge, Dane. Queen of All Mayhem [Libby Audiobook] : The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the West. HarperCollins, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 277MB. HTML:<p><strong>A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West.</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Queen of All Mayhem is a triumph of biography, revealing one of the most-mythologized figures of Western lore as she truly was.</p> <p>Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-07-16 20:00:03. Newbern, George. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b20363b6-f2ae-49b0-b8dc-4854349a5f0e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)