Bestest: The Life of Peyton Tooke Anderson, Jr.

by Jaclyn Weldon White

Peyton Anderson, Jr., was greatly influenced by his family. A child of privilege in Macon, Georgia, he was the son and nephew of the men who owned and ran the town's two newspapers. After attending the Naval Academy, he returned home and went to work in the family business. Peyton married his childhood sweetheart, had two children, and quickly assumed his place as a business and social leader in Macon. For many people, that would have been enough for a comfortable, satisfying life. But Anderson was not a man willing to settle for the status quo. In 1951, he acquired sole ownership of the Macon Telegraph and News and, over the next two decades, he led the papers to national prominence.

172 pages, Hardcover

First published March 30, 2005

About the author

Jaclyn Weldon White was born, raised and has lived all her life in the South. She was a police officer for six years where she investigated street crimes and traffic offenses. She worked for four years as a detective investigating murders, sex crimes, burglaries and other offenses. She left police work and retired as an administrator for a large metropolitan Atlanta juvenile court.
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