About JUST PLAIN J

"I first met J Whitley 'Whit' Perry in the 1960s when I hired him to head up the public relations department of Holiday Inns International in Memphis.

"Although he doesn't have a first name (just the initial J), Whit really made a name for himself, making a tremendous first impression on me and later getting the Holiday Inns founder on the cover of TIME Magazine.

"Whit is a truly gifted writer and wit, and his book will transport you to another time and place as you dig into it, starting with his Granddaddy Jack, who was named after a mule and, starting from scratch, amassed some 17,000 acres of rich Mississippi Delta farmland.

"Whit's Daddy Jack was no less astute than Granddaddy Jack and was truly a unique character. His stories are priceless and made me laugh out loud.

"The story ends with Whit's solo odyssey around the world at 21, his 'escape' from The Delta's unbelievably strong gravitational field, when he literally walked away from it all.

"Whit writes and lives in LaGrange, GA, with his wife, Penny. They have two sons, Rob and Jack II, and one granddaughter, Shiloh, for whom this book was written--so that she might know her ancestors.

"You'll enjoy getting to know them, too--or I don't know 'jack'!"
Jerry O'Roark