A lesson before dying

Gaines, Ernest J. 1933- (Author).

Summary: A Lesson before dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400077700 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 1400077702 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 9781400077700 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 1400077702 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (260 pages)
Edition: 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1994.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Pub. Group, 2004. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 634 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 310 KB).