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Days of Darkness, the Feuds of Eastern Kentucky, John Ed Pearce

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Days of Darkness, the Feuds of Eastern Kentucky, John Ed Pearce

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Days of Darkness

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

768083078

Responsibility statement

John Ed Pearce

Sub title

the Feuds of Eastern Kentucky

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Cover; DAYS OF DARKNESS; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; What This Is All About; Harlan County: The Turners Meet the Howards; Choose Your Outlaw; The Turners Meet the Howards; The Trap that Didn't Spring; Breathitt County: A Talent for Violence; Almost a Romantic Journey; Captain Strong's Last Ride; The Last and Bloodiest Feud; Pike, Perry, and Rowan Counties: Mayhem Everywhere; No Romeo, No Juliet, No Heroes; The Woman in the Case; A Nice Little College Town; Clay County: The Hundred-Year War; The Incident at the Courthouse; Drawing the Lines; A Legacy of ViolenceThe Fatal Clash on Crane CreekTrouble on the Burying Ground; The Best Men in the County; The Turtle Calls for Bad Tom; Bloody Time in Frankfort; The Feuds Wind Down; Surcease; Source; Index; Illustrations follow page

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