{"product_id":"the-feud-the-hatfields-and-mccoys-the-true-story-9780316167062","title":"The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century  the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American shorthand for passionate  unyielding  and even violent confrontation. Yet despite numerous articles  books  television shows  and feature films  nobody has ever told the in-depth true story of this legendarily fierce-and far-reaching-clash in the heart of Appalachia. Drawing upon years of original research  including the discovery of previously lost and ignored documents and interviews with relatives of both families  bestselling author Dean King finally gives us the full  unvarnished tale  one vastly more enthralling than the myth.  Unlike previous accounts  Kings begins in the mid-nineteenth century  when the Hatfields and McCoys lived side-by-side in relative harmony. Theirs was a hardscrabble life of farming and hunting  timbering and moonshining-and raising large and boisterous families-in the rugged hollows and hills of Virginia and Kentucky. Cut off from much of the outside world  these descendants of Scots-Irish and English pioneers spoke a language many Americans would find hard to understand. Yet contrary to popular belief  the Hatfields and McCoys were established and influential landowners who had intermarried and worked together for decades.  When the Civil War came  and the outside world crashed into their lives  family members were forced to choose sides. After the war  the lines that had been drawn remained-and the violence not only lived on but became personal. By the time the fury finally subsided  a dozen family members would be in the grave. The hostilities grew to be a national spectacle  and the cycle of killing  kidnapping  stalking by bounty hunters  and skirmishing between governors spawned a legal battle that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court and still influences us today.  Filled with bitter quarrels  reckless affairs  treacherous betrayals  relentless mercenaries  and courageous detectives  The Feud is the riveting story of two frontier families struggling for survival within the narrow confines of an unforgiving land. It is a formative American tale  and in it  we see the reflection of our own family bonds and the lengths to which we might go in order to defend our honor  our loyalties  and our livelihood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789778837557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316167061","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780316167062.jpg?v=1784698132","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-feud-the-hatfields-and-mccoys-the-true-story-9780316167062","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}