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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying
Author: Ernest Gaines
Jefferson, a young black, is accused of killing the white owner of a liquor store in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. Although his lawyer argues that such a lowly form of existence is no more capable of premeditated murder than a hog, Jefferson is condemned to death. — Grant Wiggins, a black teacher at the plantation school, i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780785769811
ISBN-10: 0785769811
Publication Date: 10/1999
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Book Type: School Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback
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