xiii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Kentucky
West Virginia
Appalachian Region
Appalachian Region, Southern
Date:
2013
19th century
Notes:
Map on endpapers.
Contents:
Bad blood, 1854-1882. War comes to the Big Sandy, 1854-1862 ; Un-civil warfare, 1863-1865 ; Timbering the sublime forest, 1865-1877 ; The importance of razorbacks, 1878-1880 ; Moonshine and love, 1880 ; The wages of love, 1880-1882 ; Tumult on Election Day, August 7-8, 1882 -- The rage and the outrage, 1882-1887. Casualties, 1864-1882 ; Mountain justice, August 9-10, 1882 ; Life after death, 1882-1884 ; Taking names and keeping a list, 1884-1886 ; A double whipping, 1886 ; The enforcers, Spring, Summer, and Fall 1887 ; Diplomacy failed, Fall and Winter, 1887 -- The January raids and their aftermath, 1887-1888. Casualties, 1864-1887 ; A house burning, December 31, 1887-January 2, 1888 ; The death of a soldier, January 1888 ; Bad Frank and the Battle of Grapevine Creek, January 18, 1888 ; disorder in the courts, February-May 1888 ; The lawmen, 1888 ; Yellow journalists on the bloody border, February-October, 1888 -- The hunters and the hunted, 1888-1898. Casualties, 1864-1888. The trial, 1888-1889 ; The bitter end, November, 1889-February, 1890 ; After the hanging, 1890-1895 ; The last murders and manhunt, 1896 ; The last dance : Cunningham gets his Hatfield, 1898 -- March 4, 1913 -- Mine is the vengeance
Summary:
The in-depth "true" story of this legendarily fierce-- and far-reaching-- clash in the heart of Appalachia.
Describes the little-known truths behind the legendary feud between two Appalachian families that ultimately killed thirteen members in a dispute that became newspaper fodder and eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
