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: 9780762779185

ISBN-10: 0762779187

ISBN-13: 9780762779185

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lisa Alther, Martha Kaplan

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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. More than a decade later Randall McCoy accused a Hatfield of stealing his hogs. This accusation triggered years of violence and retribution, including aRomeo-and-Julietinterlude that led to the death of a young McCoy woman and her baby. In a drunken brawl, three of her brothers killed a Hatfield, so the Hatfields tied them up and shot them dead. McCoy posses hijacked some of this firing squad across state lines to stand trial, while those still free burned down Randal McCoy’s cabin and shot two of his children in a botched attempt to defeat the posses. Legal…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 5/22/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
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