Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky
- ISBN-10
- 0813118743
- ISBN-13
- 9780813118741
- Series
- Days of Darkness
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 227
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-11-15
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Author
- John Pearce
Description
" 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, Kentucky’s best known journalist, weaves engrossing accounts of six of the most notorior accounts to uncover what really happened and why. His story of those days of darkness brings to light new evidence, questions commonly held beliefs about the feuds, and us and long-running 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—hurled them at each other? Did Big Jim Howard really kill Governor William Goebel? Did Joe Eversole die trying to protect small mountain landowners from ruthless Eastern mineral exploiters? Did the Hatfield-McCoy fight start over a hog? For years, Pearce has interviewed descendants of feuding families and examined skimpy court records and often fictional newspapeputs to rest some of the more popular legends.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 1994-11-15
- 240 pages
- Ebook
- University Press of Kentucky
-
- 1993
- 254 pages
- Paperback
- White Mane Pub.
Similar books
-
Three Days of Darkness
By Janice MagnerReaders have remarked this is a quick read! You cannot put the book down! Once you beginyou have to read it to the very last pagea cliff hanger ending!!! Everyone who has read this book wants a sequel!
-
The Coming Three Days of Darkness
By Joanne M. BallingerWill demons be released from hell? Why is the number three significant? Are there ways to prepare for this dark prophecy? In this compelling book, author, Joanne Ballinger, examines these prophecies of the impending chastisement.
-
Blackout: 94 Days of Darkness
By Greg Winick, Christina WinickBlackout is the story of twelve-year-old Nick, a bullied middle-schooler, who is about to endure a planetary event that casts the Earth in total darkness for ninety-four days.
-
APPROACHING APOCALYPSE & 3 DAY
By Michael D. FortnerLike the prophet Joel said, there will be "wonders" in the sky. This book also presents powerful evidence that a nuclear war will cause the world to be covered with dark clouds, threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear winter.
-
Three Days of Darkness: The Final Secret
By S. A. TellerThe evil society invokes an army of demons to lead a war against Christianity known as The Three Days of Darkness, destined to arise on the Holy Mother's centennial anniversary.
-
The Three Days of Darkness
By Brother Hermenegild, Brother Hermenegild TOSFSo does Sacred Scripture, which calls it the Day of the Lord. Even Jesus Himself referred to the Three Days of Darkness in the Gospels. This book considers the many Catholic prophecies on the Three Days of Darkness.
-
Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul's Letters
By Clinton E. ArnoldFew books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers. Clinton Arnold seeks to fill this gap, providing an in-depth look at Paul's letters and what they teach on the subject.
-
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
By Steve NilesThis story follows Stella Olemaun's efforts to warn the world about the threat the vampires pose - the vampires who overran Barrow, Alaska, killing her husband and most of the town.
-
Out of Darkness
By Ashley Hope PérezA Michael L. Printz Honor Book "This is East Texas, and there's lines.
-
The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition
By Ursula K. Le GuinEmbracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.