In 1997, he co-authored a different kind of history beyond his specialization in agriculture. ''Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon,'' a study of [[Sam Walton]]'s [[Wal-Mart]] retail giant based in Benton County, [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805798331|author=Roy Vernon Scott, and Sandra Stringer Vance, and Edwin J. Perkins|title=Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref> | In 1997, he co-authored a different kind of history beyond his specialization in agriculture. ''Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon,'' a study of [[Sam Walton]]'s [[Wal-Mart]] retail giant based in Benton County, [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805798331|author=Roy Vernon Scott, and Sandra Stringer Vance, and Edwin J. Perkins|title=Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref> |