Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, The: Seeking Truth at Ra - by James Hall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> 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. <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> "When he retired from The Free Lance'Star in 2013, Hall didn't put away his notebook--or his curiosity. Instead, the Fredericksburg resident fixed his attention on what would become the biggest challenge of his writing career: what really happened to Shedrick Thompson on Rattlesnake Mountain in northern Fauquier County. <p>In his book, Hall applied the same meticulous and never-waste-a-word approach he used as a reporter... The story examines both the incident--that made headlines across the state and sent residents into a panic--and the time and place in which it happened."<i><b>Free Lance Star</i></b> <p><br>"The writer instinctively understood Virginia's last "known" lynching would make for a gripping story. <p>"It had the elements of race, violence " murder, assault " and sex," retired Fredericksburg Free LanceStar reporter Jim Hall said. <p>And, it would give an enterprising journalist a chance to set the record straight about an alleged suicide that Mr. Hall and many others considered a lynching."<b><i>Fauquier Now</i></b><br>
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