Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

Lifelong Learning Institute

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
For me, fall will be for the book

I’m glad that my first book event this fall will be in Fauquier County, where The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia is set. The summer has been quiet, but I have scheduled seven appearances beginning in September. The first occurs just after Labor Day at the Philip Carter Winery in Fauquier. The winery is off
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Jim Hall

August 16, 2017

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

Burke, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fairfax, Fall for the Book, Fauquier County, George Mason University, Kings Park Library, Leeds Manor Road, Leesburg, Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas, Mosby Heritage Area Association, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Philip Carter Winery, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, Thomas Balch Library