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blood feud

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blood feud: see vendetta vendetta (vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative.
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Hatfield And McCoy Feud: Kingdom Of The Hollow, The Story Of The Hatfields And McCoys by Phillip Hardy (Staff Writer for the "Sound of the Sirens" online magazine) is the famous story of a blood feud between two struggling families and their kinfolk and friends in the years following the economic hardships which descended upon their mountain region after the end of the debilitating American Civil War.
He handles the crime aspects of the novel as well as he portrays the emotional upheavals of the many families who suffer as the traditional blood feud touches their lives.
The story went on to explore how other young people felt about blood feuds.
 
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