In the midst of all the trash being spewed out by the “feud industry,” serious people are doing serious research– and they are finding a lot of historical documents. The “feud industry” does not like serious historical research, because every document uncovered makes a lie of the supersized feud tale, and buttresses the work of serious scholars such as Altina Waller.
This essay, in its entirety, can be read in my book, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Feud Tales.” https://www.amazon.com/dp/1977716814/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511238586&sr=1-1&keywords=Lies%2C+Damned+Lies%2C+and+Feud+Tales