Hatfield-McCoy Feud Flares Up

Sound the Sirens Magazine is posting the first installment of "Kingdom of the Hollow, The Story of the Hatfields and McCoys" by writer Phillip E. Hardy beginning on March Friday March 3, 2006.

(PRWEB) March 5, 2006 -- Over the next few weeks, Sound the Sirens Magazine will be posting a few chapters from the completed novel by writer Phillip E. Hardy titled "Kingdom of the Hollow, The Story of the Hatfields and McCoys". Pages will be added as the weeks go by in a weekly installment posted Fridays. This initial installment includes the entire first chapter of the novel as well as notes and musings from the writer himself. Go to Sound the Sirens online magazine to read first installment.

Historical Summary:

The Hatfield-McCoy Feud has become a part of our American mythology. It began in 1878 with the now infamous hog trial where Randolph McCoy accused his neighbor Floyd Hatfield of stealing one of his pigs. When Johnse Hatfield romanced Roseanna McCoy at an Election Day celebration at the home of Jeremiah Hatfield in 1880, this also fanned the flames of hostilities between the two families. In spite of their elicit courtship Johnse married Roseanna's Cousin Nancy McCoy. The feud accelerated when Tolbert, Pharmer and Randolph McCoy Junior shot and stabbed Ellison Hatfield at an Election Day celebration in 1882. On the day Ellison died, Wall and Devil Anse Hatfield, along with a dozen other vigilantes subsequently killed the three McCoy brothers. The violence further escalated when the Logan County Wildcats led by Jim Vance attacked the McCoy family home on New Years Day 1888. This led to the trials of nine West Virginia men; but not before a habeas corpus battle between Kentucky and the aforementioned state went before the Supreme Court of the United States. It all ended with the hanging of Ellison Mounts in 1890.

Phillip E. Hardy's new book about the Hatfield-McCoy feud is now available exclusively at lulu.com.

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