A lesson before dying
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New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Format
Book
ISBN
0679741666, 9780679741664, 0375702709 (pbk.), 9780375702709 (pbk.), 9780375702709, 0375702709, 9780375702709, 0375702709, 9780375702709 ;, 9780375702709 : PAP, 0375702709 : PAP
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 21 cm.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Language
English
ISBN
0679741666, 9780679741664, 0375702709 (pbk.), 9780375702709 (pbk.), 9780375702709, 0375702709, 9780375702709, 0375702709, 9780375702709 ;, 9780375702709 : PAP, 0375702709 : PAP
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.4, 11 Points

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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Description
From the author of, A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel. Grant Wiggins is a college-educated man who returns to the 1940s Cajun community where he grew up. He visits and forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.
Awards
Fiction award winner of the BCALA Literary Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association in 1994.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gaines, E. J. (1994). A lesson before dying . Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. 1994. A Lesson Before Dying. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. A Lesson Before Dying Vintage Books, 1994.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying Vintage Books, 1994.

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