Auburn Man: The Life & Times of George Petrie , written by Auburn alumnus Mike Jernigan and published by The Donnell Group, vividly depicts Petrie's remarkable life, including a detailed account of Petrie's formation of Auburn's first football team in 1892 and a lively description of Auburn's first game--coached by Petrie--a 10-0 win over Georgia at Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

The story of Petrie's 55-year career, in both athletics and academics, is the very story of the college itself, and this extensively researched volume is the most exhaustive history of Auburn University during the remarkable period from 1887-1947 ever published. The book brings to life not only Petrie, but a host of other fascinating Auburn icons who were his colleagues and contemporaries.

Published 2007. Hardback (6x9 inch). 386 pages. 16-page photo section.

Purchase Price: $32.29 (Tax and S&H included)
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"I'm excited that Auburn people can at last read the amazing story of George Petrie--the first Tiger football coach, author of 'The Auburn Creed,' and one of the university's all-time greatest academic minds. No other individual in history has impacted Auburn in so many important ways or better represented the ideal combination of both academic and athletic achievement. Petrie's story is a must for any true Auburn person's bookshelf."

-Pat Dye, former Auburn University head football coach and athletics director

Down Through The Years: Great Quotations on Auburn Football, published by The Donnell Group, is approximately 350 quotations from former and current coaches and players at Auburn University, dating back to the beginning of Auburn football in 1892 and continuing to today's era. Coaches and players speak of their affection for Auburn, for their teammates, on discipline and faith, on great seasons and great games. From coaches John Heisman to Shug Jordan to Pat Dye to Tommy Tuberville, and from players Jimmy Hitchcock to Tucker Frederickson to Pat Sullivan to Bo Jackson to Cadillac Williams, "Down Through the Years" brings their words to life and tells the story of Auburn football.

Published 2004. Hardback. 208 pages. 16-page photo section.

Purchase Price: $19.69 (Tax and S&H included)
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Here’s what The Donnell Group has done and can do:
We have published biographies and autobiographies of sports, historical and contemporary personalities and promoted and sold the books into mainstream markets (chain and independent bookstores) while also tailoring book sales to the subject’s loyal readership base through direct mailings, book-signings, special presentations and group affiliations. These projects have been structured as split investment partnerships or as traditional publisher-author royalty arrangements based on sales. We have also been the “ghost writer” for some of these books.

In the area of specialty publishing, we have published purely on a contract basis a 275 page hardback book, “Troy: 1838-2006,” which is the history of Troy, Alabama. We were hired to edit the author’s material, electronically scan and touch up the submitted photographs, design the book and see the book into print, and to deliver books to the author who sold/disbursed them as he wished. 

We have published a small 40 page booklet, “Only Doing My Job: Memories of a World War II Fighter Pilot.” A World War II veteran approached us with his rough notes of his experiences and his goal of producing a booklet that he could give to his grandchildren and other family members and friends so they would understand not only his vital role in World War II, but also so they could appreciate the magnitude of the War itself. We conducted several interviews with the veteran, rewrote his notes and with War-time photos he provided we designed the book, saw it into print, and delivered books to him in time for him to pass them out at his family’s annual Easter reunion.

		Currently we are contracted to publish an attractive hardback book on the Church of the Ascension in Montgomery, Alabama upon the church’s 100th anniversary. The church is supplying us with the book manuscript and photography, and we will design the book, see it into print and deliver books to the church, which will distribute it to its members during the anniversary week. We are also in negotiation to publish a book for a multi-generation family business operation. We will conduct interviews, pull existing documents together and write the book, and with photography taken through the years will design and see into print a book that tells the successful life story of the family and its business. This family plans to give books to family members, friends and associates.

We’ve also contracted our writing services to other publishers who sought us out for our expertise in researching and writing biographies and special interest books. We wrote,  “Hunting: The Southern Tradition,“ a widely popular “coffee table” book. We wrote, “Shug: The Life and Times of Auburn’s Ralph ‘Shug’ Jordan,” with the foreword written by Georgia football coaching great Vince Dooley. We also wrote, “The Hig: Penn State’s Football Legacy, The Higgins-Suhey Family,” with the foreword provided by the legendary Joe Paterno.

So as you see, we have done and we can do whatever it takes, in whatever investment structure is required, to publish a book, market it and sell it or simply deliver it into your hands.