The Hatfields and the McCoys
by Otis K. Rice
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The Hatfield-McCoy feud has long been the most famous vendetta of the southern Appalachians. Over the years it has become encrusted with myth and error. Scores of writers have produced accounts of it, but few have made any real effort to separate fact from fiction. Novelists, motion picture producers, television script writers, and others have sensationalized events that needed no embellishment. Using court records, public documents, official correspondence, and other documentary evident, show more Otis K. Rice presents an account that frees, as much as possible, fact from fiction, event from legend. He. show lessTags
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Fascinating look at the family feud to end all feuds! This is a history, written and published by an academic publisher so it is well researched and tries very hard to show all sides of the issues.
No side is given a pass, both families are shown to have a lot of blame for engaging in the battle. Rice read a lot of books, newspapers, transcripts and court records to try and separate the truth from all the fantasy that surrounds the whole lore of "The Feud".
I had a bit of a tough time getting through the whole explanation of the various trials and keeping track of the familial relationships would have been impossible without the two family trees on the end piece.
If you like history and don't know a lot about the famous family feud, give show more this a try. It isn't terribly long and show sympathy for both sides and the various members of the families who died. show less
No side is given a pass, both families are shown to have a lot of blame for engaging in the battle. Rice read a lot of books, newspapers, transcripts and court records to try and separate the truth from all the fantasy that surrounds the whole lore of "The Feud".
I had a bit of a tough time getting through the whole explanation of the various trials and keeping track of the familial relationships would have been impossible without the two family trees on the end piece.
If you like history and don't know a lot about the famous family feud, give show more this a try. It isn't terribly long and show sympathy for both sides and the various members of the families who died. show less
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Books Set in Kentucky
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Simon Bolivar Buckner; Thomas Chambers; Perry Cline; Elias Hatfield; Ellison Hatfield; Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield (show all 19); Valentine Hatfield; William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield; William Anderson "Cap" Hatfield; James H. McCoy; Pharmer McCoy; Randolph McCoy; Sarah "Sally" McCoy; Tolbert McCoy; Plyant Mahon; Ellison Mounts; Frank Phillips; James Vance; Emanuel Willis Wilson
- Important places
- Logan County, West Virginia, USA; Mate Creek, West Virginia, USA; Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Pikeville, Kentucky, USA; Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, USA
- Important events
- Hatfield-McCoy Feud
- Dedication
- TO MY SISTERS
Alma and Rosalie Rice
AND MY GRANDNEPHEW
David Neal Thomas - First words
- Preface
Without question, the Hatfield-McCoy feud has excited more interest than any of the late nineteenth-century vendettas of the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 975.4 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states) West Virginia
- LCC
- HV6452 .K42 .H35 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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- 72
- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.57)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 2
