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Title: Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South
Subtitle: New Directions in Southern History
Author: T.R.C. Hutton
Narrator: Gary L Willprecht
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-17
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America's most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
From the Reconstruction period until the early 20th century, Breathitt's 500 square miles of rugged upcountry land was known as "the darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties" due to its considerable number of homicides, which were not always related to the factional conflicts that swept the region.
In Bloody Breathitt, T. R. C. Hutton carefully investigates instances of individual and mass violence in the county from the Civil War through the Progressive era, exploring links between specific incidents and broader national and regional events. Hutton explains how their causes and implications often reflected distinctly political intentions.
By framing the incidents as "feuds," those in positions of authority disguised politically motivated murders by placing them in a fictive past, preventing outsiders from understanding the complex reality. Hutton's timely study reminds listeners that the nation's political stability has had a tremendous cost in terms of bloodshed.
Winner of the Weatherford Award for nonfiction. Winner of the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year for nonfiction. The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Above and Beyond! Thank You
I've been looking for this book and so happy to find it on Amazon.
My husband and best friend are decadents of Jeremiah South. This book was bought as a gift for them to read about their hertiage.
Family History for me
Nicely written history of Breathitt County. I found information and history of my maternal 3x gr grandfather that I knew nothing about. He was a Confederate soldier, a county judge, sheriff and a wealthy man. Also, my paternal grandfather was interviewed by the author regarding the various feuds and violence before and during his lifetime. Growing up, I always heard my parents refer to their home as Bloody Breathitt. Now I know more about why they called it that.
This is history as it should be written. It ...
This is history as it should be written. It is one more much-needed step toward understanding the many influences operating upon our Eastern Kentucky ancestors in he late nineteenth century. This book joins Altina Wallers "Feud," and Rebecca Bailey's "Matewan Before the Massacre" as standards for writers of the history of this part of Appalachia. Well done, Professor Hutton.
A Dissertation, Not of General Interest
I would recommend this book to serious students of Kentucky history and particularly to those students of Breathett county. Students of violence as a cultural phenomenon might also find this study useful. A casual reader or someone interested in genealogy I suspect would be disappointed.
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Title: Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South
Subtitle: New Directions in Southern History
Author: T.R.C. Hutton
Narrator: Gary L Willprecht
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-17
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America's most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky.
From the Reconstruction period until the early 20th century, Breathitt's 500 square miles of rugged upcountry land was known as "the darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties" due to its considerable number of homicides, which were not always related to the factional conflicts that swept the region.
In Bloody Breathitt, T. R. C. Hutton carefully investigates instances of individual and mass violence in the county from the Civil War through the Progressive era, exploring links between specific incidents and broader national and regional events. Hutton explains how their causes and implications often reflected distinctly political intentions.
By framing the incidents as "feuds," those in positions of authority disguised politically motivated murders by placing them in a fictive past, preventing outsiders from understanding the complex reality. Hutton's timely study reminds listeners that the nation's political stability has had a tremendous cost in terms of bloodshed.
Winner of the Weatherford Award for nonfiction. Winner of the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year for nonfiction. The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Above and Beyond! Thank You
I've been looking for this book and so happy to find it on Amazon.
My husband and best friend are decadents of Jeremiah South. This book was bought as a gift for them to read about their hertiage.
Family History for me
Nicely written history of Breathitt County. I found information and history of my maternal 3x gr grandfather that I knew nothing about. He was a Confederate soldier, a county judge, sheriff and a wealthy man. Also, my paternal grandfather was interviewed by the author regarding the various feuds and violence before and during his lifetime. Growing up, I always heard my parents refer to their home as Bloody Breathitt. Now I know more about why they called it that.
This is history as it should be written. It ...
This is history as it should be written. It is one more much-needed step toward understanding the many influences operating upon our Eastern Kentucky ancestors in he late nineteenth century. This book joins Altina Wallers "Feud," and Rebecca Bailey's "Matewan Before the Massacre" as standards for writers of the history of this part of Appalachia. Well done, Professor Hutton.
A Dissertation, Not of General Interest
I would recommend this book to serious students of Kentucky history and particularly to those students of Breathett county. Students of violence as a cultural phenomenon might also find this study useful. A casual reader or someone interested in genealogy I suspect would be disappointed.