A fast-paced...fascinating and lurid tale. King's entertaining chronicle sheds new light on a legendary chapter in American history. - Publishers Weekly A masterpiece. I knew The Feud would be well-written and exhaustively researched and reported-that's the kind of writer Dean King is-but I little suspected what a page-turner it would be. From its first few pages, when a young, unarmed Devil Anse Hatfield kicks a black bear up a tree, to its satisfying finale, I was spellbound. The last word on the daddy of American feuds. - James Donovan, bestselling author of The Blood of Heroes and A Terrible Glory Well-written, superbly researched...an outstanding reexamination of a mythic...and savage story. - Booklist Shakespeare had his Montagues and Capulets, but say the word "feud" to any American, and only one comes almost reflexively to mind: Hatfields versus McCoys. And yet hardly anyone knows what it was really all about. Dean King, an elegant and adventurous writer, has dug through the encrusted layers of lore and atmospherics to understand the rich context behind this tragic and fascinating clash of families. The result is a work of American history that spans state lines and generations-and resonates powerfully today. - Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Hellhound on His Trail Dean King has written a riveting and detailed account of the legendary blood feud between the Hatfields and McCoys. Put aside everything you thought you knew about these infamous folks. This expertly researched history provides a new and fresh chronicle of two families torn apart by war and betrayal. It will fascinate and surprise you. - Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker's Wife With a master storyteller's talent for pacing, character and detail, Dean King transports us to the remote ridges and hollows of the West Virginia-Kentucky borderlands and into the lives of a people as rough-hewn as the landscape they inhabit, writing with such vividness you can smell the wood smoke and the gunpowder, the stink of the whiskey still, and the pungence of revenge. - James Campbell, author of The Final Frontiersman and The Ghost Mountain Boys