Feud Hatfields, Mccoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900

Name: Feud Hatfields, Mccoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900
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ISBN: 9780807842164

ISBN-10: 0807842168

ISBN-13: 9780807842164

Edition: 1988

Authors: Altina L. Waller

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The Hatfield-McCoy feud, the entertaining subject of comic strips, popular songs, movies, and television, has long been a part of American folklore and legend. Ironically, the extraordinary endurance of the myth that has grown up around the Hatfields and McCoys has obscured the consideration of the feud as a serious historical event. In this study, Altina Waller tells the real story of the Hatfields and McCoys and the Tug Valley of West Virginia and Kentucky, placing the feud in the context of community and regional change in the era of industrialization. Waller argues that the legendary feud was not an outgrowth of an inherently violent mountain culture but rather one manifestation of a…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Feud



The Feud as Community Conflict



Prologue: The Death of Asa Harmon McCoy



The Devil in West Virginia



The Devil Challenged



Family, Justice, and Violence in the Tug Valley


Two Worlds in Conflict: A Pictorial Essay



The Politics of Feuding



Interim, 1882-1888



The Feud Recast



The Battle for Grapevine Creek



On Trial



Epilogue: The Devil Transformed


Appendixes


Notes


Bibliography


Index