Hatfields & McCoys, 9pm tonight, History Channel

[sojourner]

Yeah, I think it may have really slipped under the radar of the latest generation.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I think the subject matter accounted for some of the interest too. How many of us have at some point heard of the Hatfields & McCoys, and how many of us who'd heard of it really knew much about it? I'm a bit of a history buff and I'm ashamed to say I didn't really know much about it. I'm guessing I'm not alone.

I just think people were eager to hear about this subject.

Well, I'm thinking maybe it was a regional lesson or something, because I have a Master's in History and I hadn't even heard of the Hatfields and McCoys. I'm sure I'm just anomaly though.

Wow, that really shocks me, not ever hearing of the Hatfields & McCoys I mean. And I don't mean as a historical event, I mean just in terms of a mythological American event. (That's not a swipe at you by any means by the way, I'm just really surprised by this.) But then I'm old, so maybe it's not just a regional thing, but a generational thing too.

It may have been that it was mentioned to me at some point and I've just forgotten, I have a terrible memory sometimes. I feel like millions of facts have just floated out of my mind since leaving school.