Not only is Perry Woodson Hatfield James the "heir" to the legacies of the James brothers and the feuding Hatfield clan.
At sixteen years old, Perry sets himself three tasks: avenge his father\'s murder; improve his and his family\'s lot; and esca.
The mine owners and the union are at war, the striking miners and the company scabs are at war, and Pett must somehow survive.
He is coming of age in the despair-sodden world of moonshine whiskey in easter Kentucky\'s mining country in the early 1960s.
Not only is Perry Woodson Hatfield James the "heir" to the legacies of the James brothers and the feuding Hatfield clan