{"product_id":"belle-starr-michael-wallis-9781631494772","title":"Belle Starr: The Truth Behind the Wild West Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the annals of legendary Wild West desperados, Belle Starr is remembered to this day as the Bandit Queen. Shortly after her murder in 1889, a highly romanticized, sensational book titled \u003cem\u003eBella Starr . . . The Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James\u003c\/em\u003e was published--the first of scores of high-profile portraits to brand Starr as a villain. Now, celebrated historian Michael Wallis parses over a century of mythmaking to reveal the woman behind the \"Wanted\" poster. From war-torn Carthage, Missouri, to rollicking Scyene, Texas, Starr indeed ran in the same circles as notorious outlaws Cole Younger and Jesse James, but Wallis shows that the crimes ascribed to her were embellished. The result is a breathtaking portrait of a woman demonized for refusing to accept the genteel Victorian ideals expected of her. Instead, she chose to live her life outside the law, riding sidesaddle with a pearl-handled Colt .45 strapped to her hip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Wallis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631494775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631494772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Wallis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934172864767,"sku":"9781631494772","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ecb28ca-f4fb-4250-b67f-33cd7ab87141.jpg?v=1721790519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/belle-starr-michael-wallis-9781631494772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}