" The "State Line Country" of this book is a rugged area of
small farms on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Historically the area
has had a homicide rate more than ten times the national average.
In this gripping and penetrating study of violence and death in the
State Line Country, Lynwood Montell examines the local historical
and social conditions, as well as the prevailing attitudes and
values, that gave rise and support to rowdy behavior and homicidal
acts from the Civil War to the 1930s. The area fostered, he thinks,
a culture of violence. Drawing from vivid oral accounts, which he
recorded from present-day residents, Montell describes more than
fifty killings that took place in the area, locating them against a
background of farming, moonshining, and sawmilling activities
common in that country. In addition to reconstructing the
homicides, he analyzes their key features, including the
circumstances under which they took place, the relationships of the
persons involved, the presence of precipitating factors (such as
deadly weapons and alcohol) in the culture, and attitudes toward
law enforcement officers and the courts. This close examination of
homicide in the State Line Country, which views the tradition from
regional and national perspectives, adds a significant dimension to
the study of homicide in the South.
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