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Title:
A Lesson Before Dying
Genre:
Historical Fiction
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Subgenre:
Louisiana during Jim Crow
Series:
SIGNED COPIES
Series Order:
4
Binding:
Paperback
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
256
Number of Chapters:
31
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:20:03
Synopsis:
Set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the University, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson‘s godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting—and defying—the expected.
Author:
Ernest J. Gaines
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Publisher:
Knopf Publishing Group
Barcode:
9780375702709
Country:
United States
Publication Date:
1993-09-01
Publication Year:
1993
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$6.80
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-08
Signed By:
Ernest J. Gaines
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Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:20:03
