Tom Anderson
Names: Thomas J. Anderson
Born: December 7, 1910
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Residence: Pigeon Forge, TN
Education: BS Vanderbilt, 1934
Career: Publisher Southern Farm Publications, 1948-1971; President
American Way Features, 1965-; Rancher; Lecturer, National Chairman American
Party, 1972-; Presidential Nominee, American Party, 1976
Awards: Honorary LLB Bob Jones
Genres: Journalism, Other Nonfiction
Biography:
"Tom Anderson, editor, publisher, and conservative political activist
was born in Nashville, Tenn. in 1910." He graduated from Vanderbilt
University in 1934 in economics, and was equally interested in political
science and English. During the Great Depression, he worked briefly
for the Nashville Banner newspaper, and was employed by the
J. C. Bradford Co.brokerage firm selling securities. He also worked
as an ad-salesman for the Southern Agriculturist, in Nashville,
Tenn., hoping to advance to a journalist. "At the Southern
Agriculturist, Anderson's forceful style of writing gained him
recognition for his fearless attacks against leftists and Communism."
"Later, as publisher and editor of Farm and Ranch magazine,
a monthly, then weekly publication, based in Dallas, Tex., which had
absorbed the Southern Agriculturist in 1950, Anderson was the
supervising editor and author of the column, "Straight Talk,"
which appeared on the magazine's editorial page. Anderson's column became
the possibly the most-quoted and most-reprinted in the area of agriculture
publishing. Each month more than 375 newspapers requested persmission
to reprint "Straight Talk." A book, also titled Straight
Talk, was eventually published, reprinting editorials by Tom Anderson,
with reader comments reprinted from Farm and Ranch, the third
edition appearing in 1958."
Anderson is the past president of the American Agricultural Editors
Assocation, member of the Council of the John Birch Society, and member
of the Methodist Church. In 1972, he ran for Vice-President of the United
States, and for President in 1976, on the American Party ticket. (Inventory
of the Tom Anderson Papers: 1953-1975, Texas A&M University, Cushing
Memorial Library)
-- Tiffani R. Conner
Primary Bibliography:
- Straight Talk: the Wit and Wisdom of Tom Anderson. Nashville,
TN: Farm and Ranch, 1957.
- Silence Is Not Golden--It's Yellow. Boston: Western Islands,
1973.
Manuscripts:
Secondary Bibliography:
- Contemporary Authors, volume 69-72. Detroit: Gale Research,
1978.
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