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A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

From the author of "A Gathering of Old Men" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publish Date: Sep 28th, 1997
  • Pages: 272
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Bound for Schoo - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.16in - 0.81in - 0.69lb
  • EAN: 9780785769811
  • Categories: Literary