{"product_id":"queen-of-all-mayhem-dane-huckelbridge","title":"Queen of All Mayhem (Dane Huckelbridge)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile today's household names like Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane had dubious criminal bona fides, Belle's were not in any doubt. This notorious gunslinger 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 the Cherokee Nation in 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDane Huckelbridge, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNo Beast So Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, the Bandit Queen, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen of All Mayhem\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of American history biography, revealing one of the most-mythologized figures of Western lore as she truly was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive look at the real Belle Starr separates fact from fiction to explore:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA True Female Outlaw:\u003c\/b\u003e Unlike contemporaries like Annie Oakley, Belle Starr's criminal bona fides were never in doubt, from leading horse thieves to her romantic involvement with the legendary Cole Younger.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Civil War's Influence:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover how the horrors of the war, which destroyed her hometown and killed her beloved brother, set a woman of privilege on a path of rebellion and crime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIndian Territory Life:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore her assimilation into the Cherokee tribe, a matrilineal society where she married Sam Starr-a descendant of the nation's greatest female warrior-and carved out her own domain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA 19th-Century Anomaly:\u003c\/b\u003e Go beyond the mythology to understand the complex woman who defied expectations to become a very different kind of icon from her contemporaries, like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDane Huckelbridge \u003c\/strong\u003ehas written for the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Delta Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eNo Beast So Fierce, The United States of Beer, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBourbon\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a novel, \u003cem\u003eCastle of Water\u003c\/em\u003e. A graduate of Princeton University, he lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65837949911389,"sku":"K097739490","price":23.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9773949000001A.jpg?v=1788737318","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/queen-of-all-mayhem-dane-huckelbridge","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}