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.
| Main Author: | Alther, Lisa. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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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.