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A Lesson Before Dying
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780517269190 Book cover for 9780679414773 Book cover for 9780679455615 Book cover for 9780792717959
 
from Random House Value Pub (November 1, 1998); titled "Lesson Before Dying"
9780517269190 | details & prices | List price $4.99
About: From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel.
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 1997)
9780679455615 | details & prices | 256 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $28.95
About: In 1948 Louisiana, a young teacher is asked to impart some of his own pride and learning to a young Black man awaiting execution, only to come face to face with his own cynicism and hopelessness
Large print edition from Chivers North Amer (April 1, 1994)
9780792717959 | details & prices | 337 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $25.95
About: From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 1, 1993)
9780679414773 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.00
About: In 1948 Louisiana, a young teacher is asked to impart some of his own pride and learning to a young Black man awaiting execution, only to come face to face with his own cynicism and hopelessness
Paperback
Book cover for 9780375702709 Book cover for 9780679741664
 
from Vintage Books (October 1, 1997)
9780375702709 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man
from Random House Inc (October 1, 1997); titled "Lesson Before Dying"
9789990143188 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $0.02
This edition also contains A Lesson Before Dying
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (June 1, 1994)
9780679741664 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.00
About: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man
CD/Spoken Word
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With Jay Long (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (May 17, 2005)
9780739323670 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780375402586 Book cover for 9781570422232 Book cover for 9781578152148 Book cover for 9781580812382
 
With Keith Glover | Unabridged edition from L A Theatre Works (April 1, 2002)
9781580812382 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $20.95
About: In a drama about race and resistance in 1940s Louisiana, Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to counsel the condemned man.
With Roger Guenveur Smith (other contributor), Lionel Mark Smith (other contributor) | Abridged edition from Media Books Llc (June 1, 2001)
9781578152148 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $7.95
About: Based on Ernest J.
Unabridged edition from Random House (September 1, 1997); titled "Lesson Before Dying"
9780375402586 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.25 × 2.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $32.95
About: 6 cassettes / approx.
Abridged edition from Hachette Audio (February 1, 1995)
9781570422232 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (June 1, 1994)
9780606071505 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.30
About: Grant Wiggins, a college-educated man who returns to his hometown to teach, forms an unlikely bond with Jefferson, a young Black man convicted of murder and sentenced to death, when he is asked to impart his learning and pride to the condemned man
Prebinding
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Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008)
9781439559314 | details & prices | 256 pages | List price $21.95
This edition also contains A Lesson Before Dying
About: From the author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman comes a deep and compassionate novel, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.