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Talks resume with stops in Lovettsville, Warrenton, Fairfax
I’ll be on the road again soon with book talks in Loudoun, Fauquier and Fairfax counties. Please join me. The first stop will be this Sunday, Aug. 12, at 2 p.m., when I’ll be the guest of the Lovettsville Historical Society for its monthly history lecture series. The talk will be at St. James United…
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A surprise invitation from the Fauquier History Museum
When a friend learned that I had been invited to appear at the Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, he wrote to say, “That is long overdue!” I appreciated his email and shared in his frustration. But my reaction to the invitation was more complicated. I was grateful, for sure. I’m happy to travel…
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The sun is shining for me, despite the day-long rain
I am grateful to Margaret Sullivan and The Washington Post for the story about me in today’s paper. Sullivan is the media columnist, and her work usually appears in the Style section. When she called, she said my experience with The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia was not the type she usually writes about–her most recent columns…
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Banned in Warrenton? I hope not
I expected this book to be judged on whether it is informative, entertaining and accurate. I did not expect it to be judged on whether it was “sensitive.” Sensitive? A history book? I bring this up because of an email I received last week from a publicist at History Press, the publisher. She wrote that…
Author & Lecturer
Jim Hall 