Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky
Among the darkest corners of Kentucky's past are the grisly feuds that tore apart the hills of eastern Kentucky from the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth. Now, from the tangled threads of conflicting testimony, John Ed Pearce weaves engrossing accounts of six of the most notorious feuds -- those in Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Perry, Pike, and Rowan counties. What caused the feuds that left Kentucky with its lingering reputation for violence? Who were the feudists, and what forces -- social, political, financial -- caused the conflicts? For years, Pearce has interviewed descendants of feuding families and examined skimpy cour…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8131-1874-1
- EAN: 9780813118741
- Produktnummer: 9126334
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.4 cm 590 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 590
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John Ed Pearce worked on the staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal for forty years and was a widely published columnist. He was co-recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1967.
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