The state, thus, is a symbol of the entire South, and the legends, mores, and traditions recorded by Kelley in this novel can be found, with variations, in any of the former Confederate states. By using an imaginary state, Kelley removed the novel from being the story of a particular area instead, he created a fable which describes a certain type of society and the people within it. Although the state is imaginary, it is very much like many of the southern states, its history extending back into the slavery era. Kelley opens the novel with a short description of an imaginary southern state, including an early history of Dewey Willson and a brief paragraph devoted to recent history, noting the exodus in June 1957 of all the blacks in the state.
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