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Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South

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Availability:In StockContributor:T. R. C. HuttonSeries:New Directions in Southern HistoryPublish date:2015-03-13Pages:444
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813161242ISBN-10:081316124XUPC:9780813161242Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.83 x 6.45 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC74BNND6C
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813161242ISBN-10:081316124XUPC:9780813161242Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.83 x 6.45 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.3206Product ID:SC74BNND6C

T. R. C. Hutton is a lecturer in the department of history at the University of Tennessee.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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