An American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States
The phrase "The Hatfields and McCoys" conjures up images of feudal warfare and Appalachian backwardness even to this day. This is a sensationalized account of the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys along the mountainous border of Kentucky and West Virginia in the late 1800s. At the height of the feud in 1888, yellow journalist T. C. Crawford interviewed Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield in person at his headquarters in West Virginia. Crawford's stories were serialized in a New York newspaper and later published in book form.
The accounts of the Hatfields and McCoys led to the still-common, unfair stereotype of the ignorant, backward, trigger-happy mountaineer. While the violence in the Wild West was romanticized, the violence in the Appalachians was vilified and exaggerated. The resulting sentiment was that the mountain folk needed civilizing, which the railroad and coal mining capitalists were eager to provide . . . in exchange for their land, autonomy, and generally happy way of life. (Summary by TriciaG)
NOTE: There are two chapters named "Chapter III" and no Chapter V in this book. The two chapter 3s have been labeled as Chapter IIIa and IIIb.
Genre(s): Modern (19th C)
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Preface | John |
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Play 01 | Chapter I | John |
00:03:15 |
Play 02 | Chapter II | John |
00:08:22 |
Play 03 | Chapter IIIa, Part 1 | Jessica Hendra |
00:09:48 |
Play 04 | Chapter IIIa, Part 2 | Linda Johnson |
00:07:47 |
Play 05 | Chapter IIIa, Part 3 | vickivm |
00:08:47 |
Play 06 | Chapter IIIb | Ciufi Galeazzi |
00:08:47 |
Play 07 | Chapter IV, Part 1 | Lector1 |
00:07:49 |
Play 08 | Chapter IV, Part 2 | Lector1 |
00:10:52 |
Play 09 | Chapter VI, Part 1 | Ciufi Galeazzi |
00:13:19 |
Play 10 | Chapter VI, Part 2 | Ciufi Galeazzi |
00:09:32 |
Play 11 | Chapter VII | vickivm |
00:06:32 |
Play 12 | Chapter VIII | Linda Johnson |
00:13:04 |
Play 13 | Chapter IX | Linda Johnson |
00:12:26 |
Play 14 | Chapter X | Linda Johnson |
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Play 15 | Chapter XI, Part 1 | Phil Aldred |
00:16:00 |
Play 16 | Chapter XI, Part 2 | vickivm |
00:14:45 |
Play 17 | Chapter XI, Part 3 | vickivm |
00:14:49 |
Play 18 | Chapter XI, Part 4 | Graham McMillan |
00:10:24 |
Play 19 | Chapter XI, Part 5 | Phil Aldred |
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Play 20 | Appendix | Metallirat |
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