Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South
(Part of the New Directions in Southern History Series)
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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 wer
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081316124X
ISBN13:9780813161242
Release Date:March 2015
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:444 Pages
Weight:1.41 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 8.8"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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