An American family rivalry that lasted decades and nearly sparked a war between the states of Kentucky and West Virginia is the subject of this book. With Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, the Hatfield-McCoy drama gets its start. Their return to their respective homes in West Virginia and Kentucky—Hatfield in West Virginia and McCoy across the Tug River—meant that tensions, misunderstandings, and resentments had risen between the two families, which eventually resulted in all-out conflict. More people from both sides join in the conflict as hostilities rise, which puts the two states on the verge of another civil war.
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An American family rivalry that lasted decades and nearly sparked a war between the states of Kentucky and West Virginia is the subject of this book. With Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, the Hatfield-McCoy drama gets its start. Their return to their respective homes in West Virginia and Kentucky—Hatfield in West Virginia and McCoy across the Tug River—meant that tensions, misunderstandings, and resentments had risen between the two families, which eventually resulted in all-out conflict. More people from both sides join in the conflict as hostilities rise, which puts the two states on the verge of another civil war.
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