Gripping, visceral, and full of intensity, A Passel of Hate is as historically fascinating as it is emotionally satisfying; capturing the heartache and triumphs of a war that brutally pits brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor in the western Carolina frontier in 1780. "The first link in a chain of evils...the loss of America" is how Sir Henry Clinton, Britain's commander-in-chief in the Colonies, describes the decisive American victory...