"A dazzlingly written and copiously researched biography of that flamboyant outlaw from Missouri.... Stealing horses, befriending rogues, and mastering firearms, the real Belle Starr, as documented by Michael Wallis, is far more beguiling than the pulp Westerns, Woody Guthrie folksongs, and Hollywood portrayals anchored around her notorious high-stakes antics.... Highly recommended!" -- Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America "A wild romp where we ride shotgun with the Wests most fascinating and mythologized outlaw heroine. It may be the sizzle that sells the steak, but this new biography is just as good as it sounds." -- Matthew Bernstein, author of George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age "Thoroughly researched, vibrant, and well written so as to keep ones attention, at the same time dispelling and correcting previously believed facts that were little more than legend. Definitive is the word for this new book!" -- Roy B. Young, coauthor of Chasing Billy the Kid "An annoyance of history is our tendency to accept myth more readily than documented fact. Michael Walliss excellent and thorough analysis of the legend of Belle Starr explores this theme with rare insight into the lawless West of the nineteenth century." -- Rinker Buck, author of Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure "Exhaustive research and much-needed context make Michael Walliss Belle Starr essential reading. The truth about Belleand, through her many escapades and tragedies, the nature of the emerging American Westis finally here." -- Jeff Guinn, author of The Last Gunfight
