Murder at the Corners

by Gladys Beall Ray

Reprint of the 1957 account of the Lee-Peacock Feud.

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

Reviews

[Kate Lima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story of the Lee-Peacock Feud post civil war. I read this to get a flavor of the fighting that was rampant in the years following the civil war, in the Northeast corner of Texas. This feud is one example of the horrible fighting, the revenge-seeking people who couldn't let the CW slip into history. I wish there had been more information about what was going on in the state or the South in a larger context. Still, the feud is a fascinating story.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely prose. Very much an old-hat narrative (all Union guys are schemers and power mongers while all Confederate sympathizers are gallant and mistreated), but understanding historiographical limitations, it's a compelling story of a blood feud that wrought carnage on North Texas during Reconstruction.