Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

Manassas Museum

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
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Jim Hall

November 7, 2016

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

Fauquier County, Fauquier County Courthouse, Fauquier Historical Society, Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, History Press, Manassas Museum, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, Warrenton
Have book, will travel

That distant date on my calendar finally arrived. My book was published yesterday. Now I have to hit the road and promote it. I’ll be in Fredericksburg, Warrenton, Richmond, Culpeper and Manassas in the coming weeks to sign books and/or talk about The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia. Please stop by if you’re in the
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Jim Hall

September 13, 2016

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

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Culpeper County Library, Fauquier County Public Library, Fourth Annual Local Author Extravaganza, Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival, Great Writers Right Here, Manassas Museum, Mary Washington Elderstudy, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia