The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys | Ann Rinaldi

The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys | Ann Rinaldi | The Coffin Quilt: A Quick Thought On My Reading Experience With The Book

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	The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys Ann Rinaldi Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2001 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge. From that day forward, along the ragged ridges of the West Virginia-Kentucky line, the Hatfields and the McCoys have operated not withing the law but within mountain codes of their own making. In 1882, when Fanny's sister Roseanna runs off with young Johnse Hatfield, the hatred between the two clans explodes.
As the killings, abductions, raids, and heartbreak escalate bitterly and senselessly, Fanny, the sole voice of reason, realizes that she is powerless to stop the fighting and must learn to rise above the petty natures of her family and neighbors to find her own way out of the hatred.

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Smashing!

I've always loved Ann Rinaldi's books, but this has to be one of her best yet. Told from the point of view of young Fanny McCoy, this novel tells the heartbreaking tale of the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud. It was interesting hearing the feud told from the point of view of a child, especially after having viewed the 1949 movie, Roseanna McCoy (which leaves out all but four siblings of the famous McCoy daughter and was innaccurate to boot, though still good) and reading nonfiction books concerning the events. I highly recommend it to anybody who enjoys history. Fans of Rinaldi will not be disappointed.

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The Coffin Quilt: A Quick Thought On My Reading Experience With The Book

I live in the hills of West Virginia- not very far from where this story is set. When I was younger- I guess in about the 7th grade, we had WV history, which I tried not to pay any attention to as much as possible. Our class did learn about the Hatfields and McCoys, and I wish now that I had paid closer attention. Mostly because I really missed out on a good story- that I never really got a handle on until my own daughter brought home the coffin quilt book for a book report. After she read it, I decided to read it also. Such a good idea! I loved the book so much that I had to buy it for one of my friends to read. She loved it also. This book touched my heart, and I really felt for all of the characters at one point or another in the story. Its a really good read that I would recommend to anyone interested in the Hatfields and McCoys story.

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One of the Most Famed Feuds in American History

In modern times, people don't know much if anything pertaining to the feud between the Hatfields and the Mccoys.This book contains so much information, while educating the reader on an actual, historical event. I personally could relate to Fanny McCoy while reading, being in a family of five brothers and four sisters. Fanny is the youngest in an even larger family. I would highly reccomend The Coffin Quilt. It makes the reader feel, which is the sign of a good book.

Wonderfully written fictional history.

This book gave detailed and accurate description of Appalachian mountain life. It also brought up some interesting points about the Hatfield/McCoy feud.

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Good, but not the best Ann Rinaldi book

The Coffin Quilt is a story about a family fued that went a little to far. The Hatfields and the McCoys are both large familys who have been in a fued since 1878, but becomes uncontrollable in 1882 when the main characters sister (a McCoy) runs off with a hatfield. This book is good, and definatly worth reading, but, for me at least, it is just too weird. Everybody is, or is going, mad. I found it hard to know the main character. It is a somewhat confusing, and very sad book, without a happy-everythings-alright ending. Overall, it was worth reading, but not exactly a 5 star book

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