Blood Feud The Hatfields and the McCoys - The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance

Name: Blood Feud The Hatfields and the McCoys - The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance
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ISBN: 9780762782253

ISBN-10: 0762782250

ISBN-13: 9780762782253

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Authors: Lisa Alther

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America’s most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate Hatfield relative of "Devil Anse" Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a Hatfield cousin of stealing one of his hogs, triggering years of violence and retribution, including a Romeo-and-Juliet interlude that eventually led to the death of one of McCoy’s daughters. In a drunken brawl, three of McCoy's sons killed Devil Anse Hatfield’s younger brother. Exacting vigilante vengeance, a group of Hatfields tied them up and shot them dead. McCoy posses hijacked part of the Hatfield firing squad across state lines to stand trial, while those still free burned down Ranel…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 2/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English



Maps


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"



Endnotes


Selected Bibliography


Index