Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance Tapa dura - 2012
de Lisa Alther
Descripción de contraportada
America's most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate relative of Devil Anse Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a Hatfield of stealing one of his hogs, triggering years of violence and retribution, including a Romeo-and-Juliet interlude that eventually led to the death of one of McCoy's daughters. In a drunken brawl, three of McCoy's sons killed Devil Anse Hatfield's younger brother. Exacting vigilante revenge, a group of Hatfields tied them up and shot them dead. McCoy posses hijacked part of the Hatfield firing squad across state lines to stand trial, while those still free burned down Ranel McCoy's cabin and shot two more of his children in a botched attempt to suppress the posses. Legal wrangling ensued until the US Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky could try the captured West Virginian Hatfields. Seven went to prison, and one, mentally disabled, yelled, The Hatfields made me do it! as he was hanged in the Bluegrass State's last public execution. But the feud didn't end there. Its legend continues to have an enormous impact on the popular imagination and to exact an onerous toll on the region itself. With a charming voice, a wonderfully dry sense of humor, and an abiding gift for spinning a yarn, best-selling author Lisa Alther makes an impartial, comprehensive, and compelling investigation of what actually happened, masterfully setting the feud in its historical and cultural contexts, digging deep into the many causes and explanations of the fighting, and revealing surprising alliances and entanglements. Here is a fascinating new look at the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud.
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America's most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate relative of "Devil Anse" Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a Hatfield of stealing one of his hogs, triggering years of violence and retribution, including a Romeo-and-Juliet interlude that eventually led to the death of one of McCoy's daughters. In a drunken brawl, three of McCoy's sons killed Devil Anse Hatfield's younger brother. Exacting vigilante revenge, a group of Hatfields tied them up and shot them dead. McCoy posses hijacked part of the Hatfield firing squad across state lines to stand trial, while those still free burned down Ranel McCoy's cabin and shot two more of his children in a botched attempt to suppress the posses. Legal wrangling ensued until the US Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky could try the captured West Virginian Hatfields. Seven went to prison, and one, mentally disabled, yelled, "The Hatfields made me do it!" as he was hanged in the Bluegrass State's last public execution. But the feud didn't end there. Its legend continues to have an enormous impact on the popular imagination and to exact an onerous toll on the region itself. With a charming voice, a wonderfully dry sense of humor, and an abiding gift for spinning a yarn, best-selling author Lisa Alther makes an impartial, comprehensive, and compelling investigation of what actually happened, masterfully setting the feud in its historical and cultural contexts, digging deep into the many causes and explanations of the fighting, and revealing surprising alliances and entanglements. Here is a fascinating new look at the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud.
Detalles
- Título Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance
- Autor Lisa Alther
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 304
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Lyons Press, Guilford
- Fecha de publicación 2012-05
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780762779185 / 0762779187
- Peso 1.21 libras (0.55 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.26 x 6.28 x 1.22 pulgadas (23.52 x 15.95 x 3.10 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
- Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Families - United States, Hatfield-McCoy Feud
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2012011777
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.62
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