Alabama Writers

Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee tribute by Rick Bragg) Rick Bragg

GO SET A WATCHMAN is actually an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. it is set a generation later and gives the reader a clear picture of the prejudices of the South during these trying times. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

All Over but the Shoutin' Rick Bragg

ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN' was named Memoir of the Year and was Rick Bragg's first book. It has become the icon story of a dirt poor Southern family and the strong woman who endured to raise her three sons. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for...

Alabama's Rick Bragg: Out of the Dirt Rick Bragg

ALABAMA'S RICK BRAGG: OUT OF THE DIRT  is a must see documentary for every fan, especially the part where Rick's mother is seen reciting poetry. Written and directed by Alice Yeager and produced by Al Hammond with a grant from The Alabama Humanities Foundation. We probably should not praise this warm video of Rick...

Saban: The Making of a Coach Monte Burke

SABAN: THE MAKING OF A COACH is a remarkable inside look at the greatest football coach in college history. Monte Burke was a tireless researcher and also relied on his one on one time with Coach Saban.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Monte Burke on the title page at...

Once Upon a Wardrobe Patti Callahan

ONCE UPON A WARDROBE has been given the honor of being the first title published by Harper Muse, an exciting new imprint of Harpercollins, one of the world's largest publishing houses. The powerful story features a brilliant scientist who always searches out the facts except: when it comes to her younger brother who...

Surviving Savannah Patti Callahan

SPECIAL BONUS: EVERY SIGNED FIRST EDITION COMES WITH A REAL SURVIVING SAVANNAH GOOD LUCK COIN MINTED JUST FOR PUBLICATION. (DESCRIBED IN THE VIDEO BELOW).

SURVIVING SAVANNAH ...

All the Governor's Men Katherine Clark

ALL THE GOVERNOR'S MEN: A MOUNTAIN BROOK NOVEL with a foreword by Pat Conroy, is a fictional account of George Wallace's run for Governor in 1982 when he faces a young progressive. This darkly comic novel with an unspoken sexual overtone depicts the social and political landscape of Alabama that is like no other, and...

The Harvard Bride: A Mountain Brook Novel Katherine Clark

THE HARVARD BRIDE: A MOUNTAIN BROOK NOVEL opens to a lavish Mountain Brook wedding and this delightful book truly explains life in one of the of the country's most affluent areas, and the deep South roots that rule the roost.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Katherine...

The Ex-Suicide: A Mountain Brook Novel Katherine Clark

THE EX-SUICIDE: A MOUNTAIN BROOK NOVEL is focused on the house previously occupied by the famous writer, Walker Percy, where his father committed suicide. The storyline follows a young man who is reluctant to accept the reins of the family business his parents are anxious to turn over. An old flame shows then enters...

My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy as Told to Katherine Clark Katherine Clark

MY EXAGGERATED LIFE: PAT CONROY AS TOLD TO KATHERINE CLARK is the powerful, no-holds-barred gut-wrenching life of one of the finest and most beloved writers of his generation. Most of his readers and fans know basically of his abusive father and pretentious mother, his brother's suicide and his sister's mental illness...