This book uses the history of Breathitt County, Kentucky, to examine political violence in the United States and its interpretation in media and memory. Violenc
Settled by English and Scotch-Irish descendants who ventured over the mountains in search of adventure, land, and fortune, Breathitt County, Kentucky, has produ
To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse
The citizens of Kentucky, a state already known as the Dark and Bloody Ground, did much to substantiate the state's reputation, judging from accounts of the reg