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Blood feud : the Hatfields and the McCoys : the epic story of murder and vengeance Cover Image

Blood feud : the Hatfields and the McCoys : the epic story of murder and vengeance / Lisa Alther.

Alther, Lisa. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780762782253
ISBN: 0762782250
ISBN: 9780762779185
ISBN: 0762779187
Physical Description: xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps and genealogical tables on folded dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-273) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : murderland -- The path to Pikeville -- Dark and bloody ground -- Border states -- 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!" -- Survivors -- Other feuds -- The Corsica of America -- The inner hillbilly -- Man toys -- Epilogue : the Hatfield-McCoy industry -- Appendix : "Green are the woods" / by Abner Vance.