Retired judge to sign copies of new book

Judge Val McGee of Ozark will sign copies of his new book, “Selma: A Novel of the Civil War,” at Books A Million in Dothan on Saturday, Nov. 1, from noon to 2 p.m.

McGee is a past president of the Alabama Historical Association and of the Friends of the Alabama Archives. This is his first fictional novel.

He is also the author of “Claybank Memories: A History of Dale County, Alabama,” “The Origins of Fort Rucker” and “A Cross Above: A History of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama.” An attorney by profession, he was Dale County’s district judge from 1981-1993.