LEADER 03142nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910461258603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-32705-8 010 $a9786613327055 010 $a0-8131-2640-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131465 035 $a(EBL)820186 035 $a(OCoLC)768083078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554588 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11359206 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554588 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517014 035 $a(PQKB)11537006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC820186 035 $a(OCoLC)794702318 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18109 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL820186 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10526374 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL332705 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131465 100 $a19940111d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDays of darkness$b[electronic resource] $ethe feuds of Eastern Kentucky /$fJohn Ed Pearce 210 $aLexington, Ky. $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-3834-5 311 $a0-8131-1874-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Violence 327 $aThe 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 330 $aAmong 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 des 606 $aVendetta$zKentucky$xHistory 607 $aKentucky$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVendetta$xHistory. 676 $a976.9/104 700 $aPearce$b John Ed$01030026 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461258603321 996 $aDays of darkness$92446732 997 $aUNINA