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A Lesson Before Dying
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Ernest J. Gaines
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This is an easily readable book full of historical references and characters one never forgets. I taught this title to high school juniors, and although they were often "reluctant" readers, even they found themselves engrossed in the story of the protagonist and the bone-chilling events toward the end of his story. I am still haunted by many scenes so vividly rendered by Gaines.
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I FOUND THE BOOK/MOVIE VERY TOUCHING LEAVING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO US ALL AND THAT MESSAGE WAS NO MATTER WHAT PEOLE THINK ABOUT YOU AS LONG AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF AND HOLD STRONG TO YOUR BELIEF NO ONE CAN RAIN OVER YOU.
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780375702709
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/28/1997
Publisher:
BALLANTINE BOOKS
Series info:
Vintage Contemporaries
Pages:
272
Height:
.70IN
Width:
5.10IN
Thickness:
.75
Series:
Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback)
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1994
Series Volume:
no. 71
UPC Code:
2800375702701
Author:
Ernest J. Gaines
Media Run Time:
B
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Louisiana
Subject:
Death row inmates
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Afro-american men
Subject:
African American men
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
General Fiction
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