The Hatfields & The McCoys - Hardcover

· Follows on the heels of the hit 2012 History Channel miniseries starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton. · Great appeal for anyone interested in American rural history · Illustrated in the style of Skyhorse's bestselling books John Wayne's Wild West and The Gunfighters. The history-making feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys rumbled on for nearly three decades between 1863 and 1891. The two families were from Tug Fork, off the Big Sandy River in the border region of West Virginia and Kentucky. The families had fought on opposing sides in the Civil War and their animosity escalated into the most notorious blood feud in American folklore. Under the two family patriarchs, Devil Anse Hatfield and "Ole Rand'l" McCoy, the clash of the clans escalated into arson, romantic betrayal, and ultimately led to mass slaughter and child murder. Over a dozen family members were killed, one man was hung, and several others ended up with long prison sentences. This terrible episode became a byword for pointless and bitter animosity, and a reflection of the terrible scar that the Civil War had left on America. The Hatfields and the McCoys will bring to the life, in word and images, the dramatic life and times of these two extraordinary families and explore the roots of their enmity.