America's most notorious family feud began in 1865 with the murder of a Union McCoy soldier by a Confederate Hatfield relative of "Devil Anse" Hatfield. More than a decade later, Ranel McCoy accused a Hatfield cousin of stea...

Lisa Alther searches for her mixed-race Melungeon ancestors and discovers a unique piece of American history in this warm, sharply funny memoir.Most of us grow up knowing who we are and where we come from. Lisa Alther's mother hailed ...