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Evicted: poverty and profit in the American city
Desmond, Matthew
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A lesson before dying
Gaines, Ernest J.
African American menFictionDeath row inmatesFriendship
In 1940s Louisiana, Jefferson, a young Black man, is sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and his own lawyer calls him a hog. A disillusioned schoolteacher is asked to help him die like a man. A moving, quietly angry novel about dignity and injustice.
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- Author
- Gaines, Ernest J.
- Publication date
- January 1, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Available in partner libraries
- This book is not yet linked to a partner library.
- Characteristics
- 256 pages · Intense
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781846687860
