Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

Cory MacLauchlin

Have thumb drive, will travel

I expected to promote The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia after publication, but I didn’t realize that promotion would take the form that it has. I thought I would go to signings, sit behind a table, and talk to those who wanted to buy the book. I’ve done that and enjoy it very much. But I’m
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Jim Hall

March 3, 2017

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

Afro-American Historical Association, Alexandria, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Chris Brown, Cory MacLauchlin, Culpeper, David Sam, Fairfax County, Fall for the Book, Fauquier County, Fredericksburg, George Mason University, Germanna Community College, Howard Owen, Lynching, Manassas, PowerPoint, Richmond, Rick Pullen, Stafford, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, University of Mary Washington, Winchester, YouTube
A story of persistence is supposed to end this way

David Sam asked an interesting question last week: Is it persistence or delusion that compels a person to write a book and work tirelessly to get it published? I would answer persistence, and Sam would too. Persistence paid off for him. Sam is president of Germanna Community College, in the Fredericksburg area, and a published
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Jim Hall

February 16, 2017

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

Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Chris Jones, Cory MacLauchlin, David Sam, Finite to Fail, Germanna Community College, GFT Press, Howard Owen, Rick Pullen, Ted Schubel, Town Talk, WFVA