Jim Hall

Author & Lecturer

The Piedmont Virginian

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
What is the nature of your complaint, sir?

When Pam Kamphuis read my recent blog post about the Philip Carter Winery, she asked if I would step back and reflect on the resistance I’ve faced since publication of The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia. Kamphuis, the editor of The Piedmont Virginian in Warrenton, said she wanted to use the piece on the magazine’s
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Jim Hall

September 12, 2017

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

Afro-American Historical Association, Fauquier County, Henry Baxley, History Press, Mamie Baxley, Pam Kamphuis, Philip Carter Winery, Shedrick Thompson, The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, The Other Side of Eden, The Piedmont Virginian, Tom Davenport, Upperville, Warrenton