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Days of Darkness The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky

John Ed Pearce

" Among the darkest corners of Kentucky's past are the grisly feuds that tore apart the hills of Eastern Kentucky from the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth. Now, from the tangled threads of conflicting testimony, John Ed Pearce, Kentucky's best known journalist, weaves engrossin...

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It was referenced during the discussion of the feud's escalating violence, describing the incident where Bill Staten Jr. was killed and the McCoys' sons escaped.

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So I got, I think, the description of that incident from a really great book by a guy named John Ed Pierce. It's Days of Darkness, colon, so you know it's legitimate, The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky.

— Episode: Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatf...

Episode: Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and...

It was referenced during the discussion of the feud's escalating violence, describing the incident where Bill Staten Jr. was killed and the McCoys' sons escaped.

"

So I got, I think, the description of that incident from a really great book by a guy named John Ed Pierce. It's Days of Darkness, colon, so you know it's legitimate, The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky.

Episode: Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and...

The book was referenced when discussing the incident where Bill Staten Jr. was killed, adding context and detail to the event, particularly the brutality of the aftermath.

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So I got, I think, the description of that incident from a really great book by a guy named John Ed Pierce. It's Days of Darkness, colon, so you know it's legitimate, The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky.

Episode: Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and...

It was cited as a source for information about the feud, specifically an event where Paris and Sam McCoy shot and killed Bill Staten Jr. after he shot Paris in the hip, as well as other events in the feud.

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So I got, I think, the description of that incident from a really great book by a guy named John Ed Pierce.

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