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'''Roy Vernon Scott''' (born December 26, 1927) is a [[professor]] emeritus]] of [[history]] at [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville,  [[Mississippi]], who specialized in agricultural and [[railroad]] studies in the American South and Midwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=Department of History: Emeritus Faculty|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

'''Roy Vernon Scott''' (born December 26, 1927) is a [[professor]] emeritus]] of [[history]] at [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville,  [[Mississippi]], who specialized in agricultural and [[railroad]] studies in the American South and Midwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/emeritus.htm|title=Department of History: Emeritus Faculty|publisher=msstate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</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 Phenomeno,'' 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|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|title=Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref>​

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