The Resource A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
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The item A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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- Summary
- Jefferson? barely literate? is on trial for a murder he didn't commit. Grant Wiggins? college-educated? teaches at a plantation school. When his court-appointed lawyer defends Jefferson by saying he would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair? the man's godmother appeals to Wiggins to help Jefferson face his death with dignity
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 339 p. (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410425447
- Label
- A lesson before dying
- Title
- A lesson before dying
- Statement of responsibility
- by Ernest J. Gaines
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueAfrican American defendants
- Large print books
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- African American men -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- trueRural poor people
- truePoor African Americans
- Death row inmates -- United States -- Fiction
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- trueMurder witnesses
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueInjustice
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueAfrican American men
- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Jefferson? barely literate? is on trial for a murder he didn't commit. Grant Wiggins? college-educated? teaches at a plantation school. When his court-appointed lawyer defends Jefferson by saying he would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair? the man's godmother appeals to Wiggins to help Jefferson face his death with dignity
- 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
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- 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.
- 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
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Kennebec Large Print superior collection.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American men
- Death row inmates
- Race relations
- Friendship
- Large print books
- Louisiana
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 339 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410425447
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010000720
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781410425447
- Label
- A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 339 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410425447
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010000720
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781410425447
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAfrican American defendants
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American men
- African American men -- Fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- trueBooks to movies
- Death row inmates -- United States -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInjustice
- Large print books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueMurder witnesses
- truePoor African Americans
- trueRace relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- trueRural poor people
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueSouthern fiction
Genre
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1994
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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