2. Author introduction

Robert W. Peterson was born in \(1925\) in Warren, Pennsylvania. He was an American newspaper writer who later became a freelance author of magazine articles and books, especially on sports and scouting.

Robert W. Peterson was an editor and writer of the old New York World-Telegram newspaper. He also wrote numerous articles for scouting magazine in the \(1970\)s–\(1990\)s.

Some of his famous works are,

Only the Ball Was White
Rhodesian independence
Agnew: the coining of a household word
Space: from Gemini to the moon & beyond
Crime & the American response
South Africa & apartheid

Robert W. Peterson died of lung cancer on February \(11\), \(2006\), in Salisbury, Pennsylvania.