James R. Crockett is professor emeritus at the University of Southern Mississippi and adjunct professor of accountancy at the University of Mississippi. He is author of Rulers of the SEC: Ole Miss and Mississippi State, 1959-1966; Power, Greed, and Hubris: Judicial Bribery in Mississippi; Hands in the Till: Embezzlement of Public Monies in Mississippi; and Operation Pretense: The FBI's Sting on County Corruption in Mississippi, all published by University Press of Mississippi.