William Alexander Percy

About this book

In this biography of William Alexander Percy, a queer plantation owner, poet, and memoirist from Mississippi, best known as a conservative apologist of the southern racial order, the author creates a portrait of a cultural relativist, sexual liberationist, and white supremacist. This biography sets Percy's life and search for meaning in the context of his history in the Deep South and his experiences in the gay male world of the early twentieth century.--From book jacket.