The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain - Paperback
by Jim Hall
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Jim Hall, Claudine L. Ferrell PhdSeries:True CrimePublish date:2016-09-12Pages:128
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467135658ISBN-10:1467135658UPC:9781467135658Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC273QET4N
In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman. Some claimed Thompson killed himself--the final act of a desperate fugitive. But residents knew better, calling the tragedy a lynching--the last one known in Virginia. Author Jim Hall takes an in-depth look at the events to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Virginia history.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467135658ISBN-10:1467135658UPC:9781467135658Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC273QET4N
Hall, Jim: - Jim Hall was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and a master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He now lives in Fredericksburg. His thirty-six-year newspaper career included stints as a reporter and editor, first at the Caroline Progress, a weekly in Bowling Green, Virginia, and then at the Free Lance-Star, a daily in Fredericksburg. He retired in 2013.
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