Mozart And Leadbelly: Stories And Essays
by Gaines, Ernest J
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1400044723
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044726
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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Synopsis
Ernest Gaines was born on a plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads, Louisiana, which is the Bayonne of all his fictional works. He is writer-in-residence emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1993 Gaines received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for his lifetime achievements. In 1996 he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest decorations. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Oscar, Louisiana. Ernest Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying , A Gathering of Old Men , The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , Bloodline , and Of Love and Dust are available in Vintage paperback. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43097
- Title
- Mozart And Leadbelly: Stories And Essays
- Author
- Gaines, Ernest J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400044723
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044726
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Short Story Essay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Story;
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