Written by Mike Jernigan, founding editor and editor emeritus of Auburn Magazine, this biography of George Petrie recounts the formative years in the history of Tiger athletics with loving attention to detail, but is also an account of the people and events behind Auburn's academic evolution from a struggling agricultural and mechanical college to a modern, comprehensive university. Petrie's story spanned more than a half-century and culminated with his writing of "The Auburn Creed", which is the very story of the college itself.