A Dark and Bloody Ground: Outlaw Love, a Miser's Hoard--Lust, Greed, and Killing from The...

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The Myth of Kentucky As A “Dark and Bloody Ground”

This is an arresting look into the troubled psyches of these criminals and into the depressed Kentucky economy that became fertile territory for narcotics dealers, theft rings and bootleggers. Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.

Dark and Bloody Ground

This time the world is the "dark and bloody ground" of eastern Kentucky and the criminals are a group of five "hillbillies" three men and two women who live by the law of the mountains and support themselves by drug dealing and armed robbery. Telling his story from the viewpoint of Sherry Sheets Hodge, the most intelligent of the group, O'Brien creates a fascinating portrait of the mountain way of life and thought that forged the lives of these criminals--as well as the doctor they robbed and the lawyers they hired.

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. In , the home of an elderly physician in Kentucky was broken into. The doctor was seriously injured and his twenty-something year old daughter was savagely stabbed to death. Eventually six people were arrested in connection with this crime. I didn't like this book very much, maybe because I found all six totally reprehensible.

The book was mostly written from the p. Supposedly she was the most intelligent of the group. The author mentions this several times , yet her grammar was atrocious.

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Moreover, she was the stereotypical woman who stands by her man no matter what. He can beat her, threaten to kill her, have sex with other women, even commit murder, and she will still love him and stick by him. I really got sick of reading about this woman. I saw no redeeming value in any of the other defendants either, including the lawyer. Even the doctor wasn't a completely sympathetic victim. Not to say he deserved what happened to him. But it appears he kept that much money in his home because he was hiding it from the IRS.

Only the doctor's daughter was a completely innocent victim. I've read a lot of true crime books, and given high ratings to books that were about reprehensible people doing reprehensible things. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood to read about these dregs of society for page after page. I'm giving this book 2.

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As an attorney having been involved in post-conviction proceedings, this book albeit mostly presented from the viewpoint of a convicted defendant's wife offers the development of the plans for and the horror of the rampage murders. This is as clear of outline of what occurred bar reading the court transcripts. I truly like mr. He understands the people and their lives, and is able to help the reader "see" the story from beginning to end.

I only gave this book three stars because while I felt his writing was faultless, I felt he had a bit of admiration for Sherry Sheets who chose a convicted felon over being a mother, and never truly showed remorse for knowing her boyfriend was a thief and possible killer. The Cherokee, along with other Native groups, used portions of it with permission from the Shawnee, who claimed much of it.

But the Iroquois, encouraged by their English allies, wanted to control it, and the colonies of Virginia and North Carolina also laid claim to part of the region.

The Myth of Kentucky As A “Dark and Bloody Ground”

But it is difficult to tell if Dragging Canoe was reciting historical fact or if his statement was meant as a warning about things to come. Certainly the struggle for land a few years later on the Kentucky frontier gave support to his words. It is possible that during the years immediately following , the conception of Kentucky as a contested land was applied to the present and immediate past history of just the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky.

For at that time, most Native peoples had moved their farming villages north of the Ohio River and returned in small groups to hunt and camp during the winter. It is one thing to imply that control of a particular region had been disputed in the past or would be in the future. Yet, even before Kentucky became a state in , this idea had taken on an all-encompassing meaning: The Myth persists today.

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He stood up and approached her, seeing how vulnerable and fragile she looked, her eyes seemed suddenly huge in the dim light Later, lying in the comfortable, leaden warmth of post sexual relaxation with Jill curled up beside him she asked "Bud? Dangerous, covert, nocturnal missions - the true story of a Black Cat radioman, Pearl Harbor survivor, and decorated WW2 veteran. Can you do that, can you perform a miracle? I thought the name was familiar. TheVole , Jul 18, There are several reasons why The Myth developed:

The truth is this: And their descendants are still here. Myths are perpetuated, despite a consideration of the facts, as long as people distrust those who are different from themselves and as long as dominant groups refuse to see the value of all ways of life. It applies neither to the entirety of the Commonwealth nor to the complete expanse of its Native past.