The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
Autor Dean Kingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mai 2014
Nearly every American has heard of the Hatfields and the McCoys. The violent feud between these two families has become shorthand for fierce, unyielding, and even violent confrontation. Yet despite numerous articles, books, television shows, and feature films, until THE FEUD nobody has ever told the true story of this legendary clash in the heart of Appalachia.
Drawing upon years of original research, including the discovery of previously lost and ignored evidence and interviews with surviving relatives of both families, Dean King has crafted a rip-roaring narrative packed with brutal murders, reckless affairs, mercenaries and detectives, and the long shadows of the Civil War. The result is an unvarnished and vastly entertaining work of history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316167079
ISBN-10: 031616707X
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 031616707X
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
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Notă biografică
Dean
King
is
the
author
of
the
national
bestsellerSkeletons
on
the
Zahara,
UnboundandA
Sea
of
Words.
He
has
written
for
many
publications,
includingMen's
Journal,Esquire,Garden
&
Gun,
Granta,Outside,
and
theNew
York
Times.
He
lives
in
Richmond,
Virginia.
Recenzii
"A
fast-paced...fascinating
and
lurid
tale.
King's
entertaining
chronicle
sheds
new
light
on
a
legendary
chapter
in
American
history."—Publishers
Weekly
"A masterpiece. I knewThe Feudwould be well-written and exhaustively researched and reported-that's the kind of writer Dean King is-but I little suspected what a page-turner it would be. From its first few pages, when a young, unarmed Devil Anse Hatfield kicks a black bear up a tree, to its satisfying finale, I was spellbound. The last word on the daddy of American feuds."—James Donovan, bestselling author of The Blood of Heroes and A Terrible Glory
"Well-written, superbly researched...an outstanding reexamination of a mythic...and savage story."—Booklist
"Shakespeare had his Montagues and Capulets, but say the word "feud" to any American, and only one comes almost reflexively to mind: Hatfields versus McCoys. And yet hardly anyone knows what it was really all about. Dean King, an elegant and adventurous writer, has dug through the encrusted layers of lore and atmospherics to understand the rich context behind this tragic and fascinating clash of families. The result is a work of American history that spans state lines and generations-and resonates powerfully today."—Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Hellhound on His Trail
"Dean King has written a riveting and detailed account of the legendary blood feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. Put aside everything you thought you knew about these infamous folks. This expertly researched history provides a new and fresh chronicle of two families torn apart by war and betrayal. It will fascinate and surprise you."—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife
"With a master storyteller's talent for pacing, character and detail, Dean King transports us to the remote ridges and hollows of the West Virginia-Kentucky borderlands and into the lives of a people as rough-hewn as the landscape they inhabit, writing with such vividness you can smell the wood smoke and the gunpowder, the stink of the whiskey still, and the pungence of revenge."—James Campbell, author of The Final Frontiersman and The Ghost Mountain Boys
"As a native West Virginian who was close to both families, grew up hearing the stories, and later read every book written on the subject, I am surprised and fascinated by the amount of in-depth original research and anecdotal information unearthed inThe Feud. With a novelist's flair for telling a story, King reveals many new and pertinent insights into the characters, relationships and events of that turbulent time in American history. I am a huge fan of King's writing."—Darrell Fetty, producer of the History Channel's "Hatfields & McCoys" miniseries and the documentary "America's Greatest Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys."
"A thriller-like, in-depth look at a darkly iconic slice of Americana. Highly recommended."—Marc Leepson, author of Saving Monticello
"A riveting yet nuanced...Engrossing...Highly recommended."—Claire Houck,Library Journal
"An informed account-both reasoned and reasonable-of the irrational."—Kirkus Reviews
"A masterpiece. I knewThe Feudwould be well-written and exhaustively researched and reported-that's the kind of writer Dean King is-but I little suspected what a page-turner it would be. From its first few pages, when a young, unarmed Devil Anse Hatfield kicks a black bear up a tree, to its satisfying finale, I was spellbound. The last word on the daddy of American feuds."—James Donovan, bestselling author of The Blood of Heroes and A Terrible Glory
"Well-written, superbly researched...an outstanding reexamination of a mythic...and savage story."—Booklist
"Shakespeare had his Montagues and Capulets, but say the word "feud" to any American, and only one comes almost reflexively to mind: Hatfields versus McCoys. And yet hardly anyone knows what it was really all about. Dean King, an elegant and adventurous writer, has dug through the encrusted layers of lore and atmospherics to understand the rich context behind this tragic and fascinating clash of families. The result is a work of American history that spans state lines and generations-and resonates powerfully today."—Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Hellhound on His Trail
"Dean King has written a riveting and detailed account of the legendary blood feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. Put aside everything you thought you knew about these infamous folks. This expertly researched history provides a new and fresh chronicle of two families torn apart by war and betrayal. It will fascinate and surprise you."—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife
"With a master storyteller's talent for pacing, character and detail, Dean King transports us to the remote ridges and hollows of the West Virginia-Kentucky borderlands and into the lives of a people as rough-hewn as the landscape they inhabit, writing with such vividness you can smell the wood smoke and the gunpowder, the stink of the whiskey still, and the pungence of revenge."—James Campbell, author of The Final Frontiersman and The Ghost Mountain Boys
"As a native West Virginian who was close to both families, grew up hearing the stories, and later read every book written on the subject, I am surprised and fascinated by the amount of in-depth original research and anecdotal information unearthed inThe Feud. With a novelist's flair for telling a story, King reveals many new and pertinent insights into the characters, relationships and events of that turbulent time in American history. I am a huge fan of King's writing."—Darrell Fetty, producer of the History Channel's "Hatfields & McCoys" miniseries and the documentary "America's Greatest Feud: The Hatfields & McCoys."
"A thriller-like, in-depth look at a darkly iconic slice of Americana. Highly recommended."—Marc Leepson, author of Saving Monticello
"A riveting yet nuanced...Engrossing...Highly recommended."—Claire Houck,Library Journal
"An informed account-both reasoned and reasonable-of the irrational."—Kirkus Reviews