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Blood feud : the Hatfields and the McCoys : the epic story of murder and vengeance / Lisa Alther. - Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2012. - 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Introduction : murderland -- Origins -- The path to Pikeville -- Dark and bloody ground -- Border states -- Avengement -- Hog trial -- Montagues and Capulets of the Cumberlands -- Pawpaw murders -- Devil anse and the hellhounds -- New year's night massacre -- All over but the shouting -- "The Hatfields made me do it!" -- Aftermath -- Survivors -- Other feuds -- The Corsica of America -- The inner hillbilly -- Man toys -- Epilogue: the Hatfield-McCoy industry -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: "Green are the woods" by Abner Vance -- Endnotes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative.
9780762779185 0762779187
2012011777
Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Vendetta--United States.
Families--United States.
303.62 Alt 9
Blood feud : the Hatfields and the McCoys : the epic story of murder and vengeance / Lisa Alther. - Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2012. - 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Introduction : murderland -- Origins -- The path to Pikeville -- Dark and bloody ground -- Border states -- Avengement -- Hog trial -- Montagues and Capulets of the Cumberlands -- Pawpaw murders -- Devil anse and the hellhounds -- New year's night massacre -- All over but the shouting -- "The Hatfields made me do it!" -- Aftermath -- Survivors -- Other feuds -- The Corsica of America -- The inner hillbilly -- Man toys -- Epilogue: the Hatfield-McCoy industry -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: "Green are the woods" by Abner Vance -- Endnotes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative.
9780762779185 0762779187
2012011777
Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Vendetta--United States.
Families--United States.
303.62 Alt 9