01660cam a2200301 4500 361473602 TxAuBib 20140429120000.0 120402s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012011777 9780762779185 0762779187 9780762782253 pbk. 0762782250 pbk. (OCoLC)780478256 TxAuBib Alther, Lisa. Blood feud : the Hatfields and the McCoys : the epic story of murder and vengeance / Lisa Alther. Guilford, Conn : Lyons Press, 2012. xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Maps and genealogical tables on folded dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-273) and index. Introduction : murderland -- The path to Pikeville -- Dark and bloody ground -- Border states -- Hog trial -- Montagues and Capulets of the Cumberlands -- Pawpaw murders -- Devil Anse and the hellhounds -- New Year's night massacre -- All over but the shouting -- "The Hatfields made me do it!" -- Survivors -- Other feuds -- The Corsica of America -- The inner hillbilly -- Man toys -- Epilogue : the Hatfield-McCoy industry -- Appendix : "Green are the woods" / by Abner Vance. A fascinating new look at the infamous story of the Hatfields and the McCoys and their blood feud that began in 1865 with the murder of Harmon McCoy, a Union soldier, by a Confederate Hatfield relative. 20140429. Vendetta United States. Families United States.