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The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain
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by Jim Hall, Claudine L. Ferrell PhD (Introduction)Jim Hall
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Overview
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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781467135658 |
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Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
Publication date: | 09/12/2016 |
Series: | True Crime |
Pages: | 128 |
Sales rank: | 795,573 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d) |
About the Author
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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