Bloody Breathitt [electronic resource] : Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South /
Hutton, T. R. C.
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,
[2013]
The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America's most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky. From the Reconstruction period until the early twentieth century, Breathitt's 500 square miles of rugged upcountry land was known as ""the darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties"" due to its considerable number of homicides, which were not always related to the factional conflicts that swept the region.In Bloody Breathit
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The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America's most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky. From the Reconstruction period until the early twentieth century, Breathitt's 500 square miles of rugged upcountry land was known as ""the darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties"" due to its considerable number of homicides, which were not always related to the factional conflicts that swept the region.In Bloody Breathit
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "The darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties" -- "To them, it was no-man's land": before Breathitt was bloody -- "Suppressing the late rebellion": guerrilla fighting in a loyal state -- "The war spirit was high": scenes from an un-reconstructed county -- "The civilizing and christianizing effects of material improvement and development" -- Death of a feudal hero -- "There has always been the bitterest political feeling in the county": a courthouse ring in the age of assassination -- "The feudal wars of Eastern Kentucky will no doubt be utilized in coming years by writers of fiction": reading and writing bloody Breathitt -- Epilogue.
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Violence