The Valley and the Hills
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The Valley and the Hills: An Illustrated History of Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama is a 1981 book by historian Leah Rawls Atkins which highlights the many people and companies that have shaped the history of Birmingham and Jefferson County and traces the area's development from a scattered group of farmers to one of the nation's premier industrial cities. The book includes more than 300 photographs, paintings, postcards, advertisements, maps, and lithographs that complement the text and show how the city and country landscape and its people have changed over time.
The book, ISBN 0897810317, was published by the Birmingham Historical Society in 1981.