Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

Culpeper

Does anyone know a good recipe for crow?

Last month I predicted in this blog that the Virginia General Assembly would reject a proposed lynching resolution. Today I’m trying to decide on the best way to cook crow. Members of the state Senate passed the resolution on Wednesday, and those in the House passed it yesterday. Both votes were unanimous. I was also…
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Jim Hall

February 22, 2019

Archive, Lynching, Race Relations, Rattlesnake Mountain the Book

Allie Thompson, Charles City County, Culpeper, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission, Germanna Community College, Isaac Brandon, lynching resolution, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Virginia General Assembly, Zann Nelson
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

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