The Resource A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
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- Summary
- From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679414773
- Label
- A lesson before dying
- Title
- A lesson before dying
- Statement of responsibility
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Subject
-
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- trueRural poor people
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAfrican American defendants
- trueAfrican American fiction
- African American men
- trueAfrican American men
- African American men
- African American men -- Fiction
- African American men -- Fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- Afro-American men -- Louisiana | fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Death row inmates -- Louisiana | fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship
- Friendship
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Louisiana | fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInjustice
- trueLiterary fiction
- Louisiana
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueMurder witnesses
- Oprah Book Club selection
- Oprah Book Club selection
- truePoor African Americans
- Race relations
- trueRace relations
- Race relations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man returns to 1940s Cajun, he visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing
- Summary
- A young illiterate African American man witnesses two black robbers kill a white store owner in Louisana in the late 1940s, and he is the one convicted
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 1994.
- BCALA Literary Award for Fiction, 1994.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1993.
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- Awards note
-
- National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction, 1993.
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award Fiction, 1994.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 028694
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gaines, Ernest J.
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3557.A355
- LC item number
- L47 1994
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Vintage contemporaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Oprah Book Club selection
- Oprah Book Club selection
- African American men
- Death row inmates
- Race relations
- Louisiana
- Friendship
- Friendship
- African American men
- African American men
- Afro-American men
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates
- Fiction
- Friendship
- Friendship
- Friendship
- Race relations
- Race relations
- Louisiana
- African American men
- Death row inmates
- Friendship
- Race relations
- Louisiana
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
- Link
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21559470
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679414773
- Lccn
- 93042201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780375702709
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)29389431
- (OCoLC)29389431
- Label
- A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
- Link
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21559470
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679414773
- Lccn
- 93042201
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780375702709
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)29389431
- (OCoLC)29389431
Subject
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- trueRural poor people
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAfrican American defendants
- trueAfrican American fiction
- African American men
- trueAfrican American men
- African American men
- African American men -- Fiction
- African American men -- Fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- Afro-American men -- Louisiana | fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates
- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Death row inmates -- Fiction
- Death row inmates -- Louisiana | fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship
- Friendship
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Louisiana | fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInjustice
- trueLiterary fiction
- Louisiana
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueMurder witnesses
- Oprah Book Club selection
- Oprah Book Club selection
- truePoor African Americans
- Race relations
- trueRace relations
- Race relations
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
Member of
Included in
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1994
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
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