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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.

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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. 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. Free Lance Star The writer instinctively understood Virginia's last known lynching would make for a gripping story. It had the elements of race, violence murder, assault and sex, retired Fredericksburg Free LanceStar reporter Jim Hall said. 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. Fauquier Now 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. 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. Free Lance Star The writer instinctively understood Virginia s last known lynching would make for a gripping story. It had the elements of race, violence murder, assault and sex, retired Fredericksburg Free LanceStar reporter Jim Hall said. 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. Fauquier Now

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. 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. Free Lance Star The writer instinctively understood Virginia s last known lynching would make for a gripping story. It had the elements of race, violence murder, assault and sex, retired Fredericksburg Free LanceStar reporter Jim Hall said. 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. Fauquier Now 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. 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. Free Lance Star The writer instinctively understood Virginia's last known lynching would make for a gripping story. It had the elements of race, violence murder, assault and sex, retired Fredericksburg Free LanceStar reporter Jim Hall said. 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. Fauquier Now

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