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A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

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A Lesson Before Dying

by Gaines, Ernest J

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Very Good/No DJ
ISBN 10
0679455612
ISBN 13
9780679455615
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New York: Random House, 1993. Edition Not Specified. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Trade paperback. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Bright copy. Strong and tight binding.

Synopsis

A Lesson Before Dying was published in 1993 by author Ernest J. Gaines. This novel provides a glimpse into the Jim Crow South between WWII and leading up to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Grant is the only formally-educated black man in the area and is frustrated over the limitations set upon him because of the color of his skin, as well as the overwhelming obligations to use his knowledge to help his townspeople. It is based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young black American man best known for surviving a failed execution by a malfunctioned electrocution in the state of Louisiana, during 1945 and 1947. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1993. It was also the October 1997 choice of Oprah's Book Club.

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
F53346
Title
A Lesson Before Dying
Author
Gaines, Ernest J
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Edition
Edition Not Specified
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0679455612
ISBN 13
9780679455615
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1993
Pages
256pp
Size
8vo = over 9"
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