It&rsquo\;s the amazing story of how one m an &ndash\; Tom Huston (with an important assist from George Washington Ca rver) &ndash\; created a business that aided the South&rsquo\;s industrial ization and established the humble peanut as a cash crop. Journalist (and Columbus native) Haisten Willis traces the full legacy of Tom&rsquo\;s Foo ds\, from its innovations\, its stability as an industry leader mid-centur y\, to the slow demise over the course of the last three decades as the co mpany&rsquo\;s assets were sold (and re-sold). Books will be for sale at t he event\, with author Willis happy to sign copies after his presentation.
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:
\nHAISTEN WILLIS was born in Columbus\, G eorgia and grew up hearing a lot about Tom&rsquo\;s Foods&mdash\;no fewer than eleven of his relatives worked there at one time or another. Later\, he spent summers riding in a Tom&rsquo\;s delivery truck and learning the business from his dad. Willis is a journalist who has written for the \;Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, the \;Washington Post\, and the \;Washington Examiner. He is the editor of \ ;Commonplace \;magazine and works in Washington D.C
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