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

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.

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Main Author: Alther, Lisa
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.