The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys by Ann Rinaldi Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys
Book Review: Interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book because Ann Rinaldi is one of my favorite authors. I wasn't dissappointed with the Coffin Quilt. My favorite characters were Fanny, Rosanna, and Alifair (I hated her so much!)It was interesting when Ro ran off with Johnse hatfeild, but I wish that we got to actually hear what they were saying, instead of what only Fanny thought.
Towards the end it got really good. I felt so sorry for everyone in this book! Especially Fanny: Everyone she knew was going crazy...
Book Review: Nothing like what I thought it was going to be.
Summary: 4 Stars
Just recently for my ninth grade english class, I had to read the book, the Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi. I had never read one of her novels, but now i am hooked. At first I thought this was going to be your typical love story where two forbidden people fall in love and in the end all turns out well. But once I got farther into the book, I found it was nothing that I had predicted.
Ann Rinaldi took the famous story of the Hatfield-McCoy feud and made it so interesting. Usually I am not a fan of historical fiction and I go for many different genres than this such as mystery. After reading this though I have not only checked out other Rinaldi books and historical fiction but now I want to learn more about the Hatfield-McCoy feud. I have recommended this book to many people already and could not stop reading the book once I picked it up.
The book is a bit violent and not one to read if you need a pick-me-up, but I think the violence just is normal in the families and makes the book even better and more realistic. I recommend this book to anyone 13 and up, just because some younger may not be able to fully comprehend the plot of the book. Hopefully you enjoy the book as much as I did.
Book Review: One of the Most Famed Feuds in American History
Summary: 5 Stars
In modern times, people don't know much if anything pertaining to the feud between the Hatfields and the Mccoys.This book contains so much information, while educating the reader on an actual, historical event. I personally could relate to Fanny McCoy while reading, being in a family of five brothers and four sisters. Fanny is the youngest in an even larger family. I would highly reccomend The Coffin Quilt. It makes the reader feel, which is the sign of a good book.Book Review: Roseanna Mccoy
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hatfield and the McCoy feud has allways interested me, so when I heard about this book, I had to read it.
The sister of Roseanna, Fanny McCoy has lived with fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the owenership of a few pugs that set her family on a path of hatred and revenge. But that is not all, in 1882, Rosenna runs off with Johnsie Hatfield, the hatred between the two clans explode. In real life, yes Roseanna did run off with Johnsie, she became pregnant, and Johnsie never married her.
Book Review: Smashing!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always loved Ann Rinaldi's books, but this has to be one of her best yet. Told from the point of view of young Fanny McCoy, this novel tells the heartbreaking tale of the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud. It was interesting hearing the feud told from the point of view of a child, especially after having viewed the 1949 movie, Roseanna McCoy (which leaves out all but four siblings of the famous McCoy daughter and was innaccurate to boot, though still good) and reading nonfiction books concerning the events. I highly recommend it to anybody who enjoys history. Fans of Rinaldi will not be disappointed.