Bloody Breathitt
Hutton, T. R. C.
Bloody Breathitt politics and violence in the Appalachian south / [electronic resource] : T.R. C. Hutton. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 430 pages :) illustrations, maps ' - New directions in Southern history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-413) and index.
Introduction: "The darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties" -- "To them, it was no-man's land": before Breathitt was bloody -- "Suppressing the late rebellion": guerrilla fighting in a loyal state -- "The war spirit was high": scenes from an un-reconstructed county -- "The civilizing and christianizing effects of material improvement and development" -- Death of a feudal hero -- "There has always been the bitterest political feeling in the county": a courthouse ring in the age of assassination -- "The feudal wars of Eastern Kentucky will no doubt be utilized in coming years by writers of fiction": reading and writing bloody Breathitt -- Epilogue.
9780813142432
Violence--History.--Kentucky--Breathitt County
Breathitt County (Ky.)--Politics and government.
Breathitt County (Ky.)--History.
Electronic books.
F457.B85 / H87 2013
976.9/19
Bloody Breathitt politics and violence in the Appalachian south / [electronic resource] : T.R. C. Hutton. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 430 pages :) illustrations, maps ' - New directions in Southern history .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-413) and index.
Introduction: "The darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties" -- "To them, it was no-man's land": before Breathitt was bloody -- "Suppressing the late rebellion": guerrilla fighting in a loyal state -- "The war spirit was high": scenes from an un-reconstructed county -- "The civilizing and christianizing effects of material improvement and development" -- Death of a feudal hero -- "There has always been the bitterest political feeling in the county": a courthouse ring in the age of assassination -- "The feudal wars of Eastern Kentucky will no doubt be utilized in coming years by writers of fiction": reading and writing bloody Breathitt -- Epilogue.
9780813142432
Violence--History.--Kentucky--Breathitt County
Breathitt County (Ky.)--Politics and government.
Breathitt County (Ky.)--History.
Electronic books.
F457.B85 / H87 2013
976.9/19