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In the annals of legendary Wild West desperadoes, Belle Starr is remembered to this day as the Bandit Queen. Shortly after her murder in 1889, a highly romanticized, sensational book titled Bella Starr . . . The Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James was published—the first in a series of high-profile portraits to brand Starr as a villain. Now, celebrated author Michael Wallis parses over a century of mythmaking to reveal the woman behind the renegade legend.

Legendary outlaw Belle Starr has been written about and portrayed in various media for well over one hundred years. Born Myra Maybelle Shirley in Missouri in 1848, Belle lived most of her life in Texas. She became notorious after living with and hanging out with members of the James and Younger gangs. Belle was a crack shot who rode side saddle while engaging in horse thievery, cattle rustling, and holdups. In between these activities, Belle bore two children and was involved with (though not necessarily married to) several men, including Sam Starr.

“Sometimes,” the legendary outlaw Belle Starr reflects, “you got to use your brains. Sometimes you got to go for the dream and never mind what anybody thinks or says. Life's pretty short. If I don't break my neck on a green horse, or get hanged, or shot, I'll sit on my porch when I'm old and remember the good times, all of 'em, and how every once in a while, I found glory.”

David, Jonas und Emma sind in ihrem Zauberbuch gefangen und wissen nicht, wie sie in die wirkliche Welt der Gegenwart zurückkehren können. Das Buch hat sie in die Zeit des Wilden Westens katapultiert, wo sie Bekanntschaft mit der gefürchteten Belle Starr machen. Die Banditenkönigin raubt Banken aus, überfällt Postkutschen und schießt schneller als ihr Schatten. Aber stimmt das alles wirklich oder ist Belle Starr in Wirklichkeit eine ganz normale Frau? Und wenn man die Wahl hat zwischen Wahrheit und Legende, wofür entscheidet man sich dann?