Dec. 22, 2008BOOK REVIEW: 'The Feuding Hatfields & McCoys' Offers a Good Introduction to Sensational Element of Appalachian HistoryBy David M. Kinchen"The Feuding Hatfields & McCoys" (Woodland Press LLC, 192 pages, ...) by Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield and F. Keith Davis is billed as a "time-line and pictorial history" to the 19th Century feud between the Kentucky McCoys and the West Virginia Hatfields.It's a useful introduction to the subject, but it's not a scholarly book on the legendary feud. To be fair to th..
VERY interesting - Having lived in WV for 6 years and working in the "holler" I enjoyed learning the historical background of the people who live there. You'll love this book. And I can guarantee these are the REAL facts - we are good friends with the son of Coleman Hatfield, writer, and can see Coleman's as the great storyteller he was. Loved it and couldn't put it down till done. Each chapter is a separate story, but in the end it all comes together to tell the story of the people and "the feud". Th..
