Alabama Booksmith

Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton was educated at Birmingham-Southern before serving as a staff writer for Associated Press and The Birmingham News. She taught at Birmingham-Southern, The University of Montevallo and The University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is respected among her peers as one of Alabama's leading historians.

Virginia Hamilton's titles include the following:

Lister Hill: Statesman from the South Alabama: A Bicentennial History
Alabama: A History
Hugo Black: The Alabama Years
Hugo Black: Road to the Court
Seeing Historic Alabama
The Story of Alabama
Your Alabama
Looking for Clark Gable and Other 20th Century Pursuits