The Resource A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
A lesson before dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
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Resource Information
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.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Death row inmates -- United States -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Large print books
- African American men -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Louisiana -- Fiction
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- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1994
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
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