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Handwriting so bad even AI can’t crack it
It happens often, as it did this month in Hagerstown, Md., when a person asked me, “What about Elvira? What happened to her?” Elvira and her disappearance are the most mysterious aspect of the Arthur Jordan story. For me, however, Dr. Gustavus Horner has second place locked down. As I recounted in Condemned for Love,
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Library of Virginia adds lynching site
Researchers who study lynchings in Virginia have a new database to work with. The Lynching and Racial Violence Collection went online in May. It is a collaboration of the Library of Virginia and Gianluca De Fazio, an associate professor of justice studies at James Madison University. The collection spans 1866-1932 and includes court records and
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The cost of doing business
One aspect of preparing this book for publication has surprised me. I’ve had to pay for photos, and they’ve been expensive. I should say quickly that I didn’t have to pay for photos. I could have refused and used only my own photos or those that were free, but the book would have suffered if
Author & Lecturer
Jim Hall 