Product Review

The Hatfield and McCoy feud, as it is generally perceived by the public, is a fictional story; a tale about a people who never existed, in a land that never was. One of the major characters in the feud story that never actually existed in real life is “Crazy Jim Vance.” In the following pages the reader will see the vast difference between the real historical James Vance, Sr., and the feud story character, “Crazy Jim Vance.” Unbiased readers who are seeking historical truth will be amazed at the difference between the real man and the fictional feud character.

In this, his third book on the Hatfield McCoy Feud, author/historian Thomas Dotson exposes the powerful economic and political cabal in Pikeville, Kentucky that, through a skillful manipulation of the press, created a bad man out of thin air.