Whitley, Allen
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Allen Whitley
Allen Whitley works in the field of environmental sustainability and has published numerous articles. He serves on the board of directors for Goodwill Industries of Central Texas and is a former board member of the Writers’ League of Texas. Through his first novel, Where Southern Cross the Dog, he seeks to bring the rich history of blues to a wider audience and raise funds for two worthy causes.
Some of the proceeds from this book will be donated to Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc., and The Blues Foundation. Music Maker helps the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern music gain recognition and meet their day-to-day needs. The Blues Foundation is a nonprofit organization that preserves blues history, celebrates blues excellence, supports blues education, and ensures the future of this uniquely American art form.
In the late 1930s, Jim Crow walked unopposed in Mississippi, and Europe was preparing for war. But even though an ocean apart, the threads of hate and fear bound them together.
Set in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Where Southern Cross the Dog begins with the tragic slaying of a day laborer and the chance meeting of its two main characters: Travis Montgomery, a new graduate of Millsaps College, and Hannah Morgan, a young, educated, affluent African-American woman who returns to the South to assist her ailing grandmother. As their initial wariness turns to friendship and then romance, Travis and Hannah unravel the secrets behind the murder which include a conspiracy that runs from Clarksdale to pre-war Europe.
Where Southern Cross the Dog includes a CD compilation by Allen Whitley and Jim O'Neal featuring tracks that are re-released for the first time by artists such as Emma Jane Davis and Asa Ware.