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Contents Preface ix Introduction: “The darkest and bloodiest of all the dark and bloody feud counties” 1 1. “To them, it was no-man’s land”: Before Breathitt Was Bloody 11 2. “Suppressing the late rebellion”: Guerrilla Fighting in a Loyal State 37 3. “The war spirit was high”: Scenes from an Un-Reconstructed County 73 4. “The civilizing and Christianizing effects of material improvement and development” 113 5. Death of a Feudal Hero 141 6. “There has always been the bitterest political feeling in the county”: A Courthouse Ring in the Age of Assassination 153 7. “The feudal wars of Eastern Kentucky will no doubt be utilized in coming years by writers of fiction”: Reading and Writing Bloody Breathitt 207 Epilogue 255 Notes 259 Bibliography 365 Index 415 ...

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