Come and enjoy local author and historian, J. B. Hogan, give an historical account of the life of John Rollin Ridge who lived and attended school in Fayetteville. He moved to California and became a popular journalist, novelist and poet. His book, “The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta” was the basis for the movie, “Zorro”!
J. B. Hogan is a poet, fiction writer, and local historian. He has been published in a number of journals including the Blue Lake Review, Crack the Spine, Copperfield Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Well Read Magazine, and Aphelion. His twelve books include Bar Harbor, Mexican Skies, Living Behind Time, Losing Cotton, The Apostate and, most recently, Forgotten Fayetteville and Washington County (local history). He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
