Thomas Hal Phillips (1922–2007) was a novelist, actor, and Hollywood screenwriter and consultant from Mississippi. His film work includes Nashville, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ode to Billy Joe, and Walking Tall II, and he authored the novels The Golden Lie, Search for a Hero, Kangaroo Hollow, and The Loved and the Unloved. Harry Thomas Jr. is an independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina, and author of Sissy! The Effeminate Paradox in Postwar US Literature and Culture. John Howard is emeritus professor of arts and humanities at King’s College London and author of several books including Men Like That: A Southern Queer History.
""A remarkable rediscovery and moving, subtle, skillful work of fiction. John Howard's excellent introduction to the book, placing it in historical context, further adds to the importance of this publishing event.""--Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall ""A small gem of a homoerotic novel, written about a time and a place when gay didn't exist but male love did. We owe our thanks to John Howard for rediscovering it and to Thomas Hal Phillips for writing it.""--John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities