The Resource A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
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The item A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Brazil Public Library.
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679455615
- Label
- A lesson before dying
- Title
- A lesson before dying
- Statement of responsibility
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Historical fiction
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American defendants
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- trueRace relations
- Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueRural poor people
- truePoor African Americans
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- trueMurder witnesses
- trueLouisiana
- Historical fiction
- African American men -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueInjustice
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueAfrican American men
- trueBooks to movies
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A young illiterate African American man witnesses two black robbers kill a white store owner in Louisana in the late 1940s, and he is the one convicted
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 1994.
- BCALA Literary Award for Fiction, 1994.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1993.
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 028694
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 750
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
-
- UG
- High School
- LC call number
- PS3557.A355
- LC item number
- L47 1993
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
-
- 4.4
- 7.5
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
-
- Accelerated Reader AR
- Reading Counts RC
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20654421
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Ewing Kauffman Book fund.
- Isbn
- 9780679455615
- Lccn
- 92020335 //r932
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780679414773
- Label
- A lesson before dying, Ernest J. Gaines
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20654421
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Ewing Kauffman Book fund.
- Isbn
- 9780679455615
- Lccn
- 92020335 //r932
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780679414773
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAfrican American defendants
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American men
- African American men -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- trueAfrican-American death row prisoners
- trueAfrican-American teachers
- trueBooks to movies
- Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInjustice
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLouisiana
- Louisiana -- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueMasculinity
- trueMurder witnesses
- truePoor African Americans
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism in capital punishment
- trueRacism in the criminal justice system
- trueRural poor people
- trueSelf-discovery in men
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueSouthern fiction
Genre
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1994
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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