Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

Adam Kidd

These are a few of my favorite things

Here are three things that this writer is happy about: The story about my book by Pam Kamphuis, editor of the Piedmont Virginian magazine. Pam asked me to write about Fauquier County’s reaction to publication of The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia. I did, and last week she posted that piece on the magazine’s website.…
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Jim Hall

October 3, 2017

Archive, Fauquier County, Va. History, Getting Published, Life as a Writer, Lynching, Race Relations, Virginia History, Writing the Book Rattlesnake Mountain

Adam Kidd, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fall for the Book, Fauquier County, Fauquier County Public Library, Fredericksburg Literary Club, Great Writers Right Here, Lifelong Learning Institute, Mosby Heritage Area Association, Natalie Wheeler, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Pam Kamphuis, The History Press, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, The Piedmont Virginian, Thomas Balch Library, Warrenton
I write in praise of Rankin’s True Value

You would think I had won the lottery the way I was hootin’ and hollerin’ around here this morning. The reason was my conversation with Ken Rankin of Warrenton. Ken is a member of the family that founded and operates Rankin’s True Value Hardware. I learned about his store yesterday when talking to Adam Kidd,…
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Jim Hall

December 16, 2016

Archive, Getting Published, Life as a Writer, Lynching, Race Relations, Rattlesnake Mountain the Book, Writing the Book Rattlesnake Mountain

Adam Kidd, Fauquier County, History Press, Ken Rankin, Rankin’s True Value, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, Warrenton, Warrenton Village Center

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