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1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 24 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Audio theatre series.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Various Readers. |
| Summary |
Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940's. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted of murder and is sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, the plantation schoolteacher, agrees to talk with the condemned man. The disheartened Wiggins had once harbored dreams of escaping from his impoverished youth, yet he returned to his home town after university, to teach children whose lives seemed as unpromising as Jefferson's. The two men forge a bond as they come to understand what it means to resist and defy one's own fate. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rick Foucheux, Keith Glover, Jamahl Marsh, Linda Powell, Jefferson A. Russell, Jerry Whiddon and Beatrice Winde. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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African American men -- Drama.
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Death row inmates -- Drama.
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Race relations -- Drama.
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Louisiana -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
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Olcott, Nick. Director.
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Foucheux, Rick. Performer.
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Glover, Keith. Performer.
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Marsh, Jamahl. Performer.
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Powell, Linda. Performer.
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Russell, Jefferson A. Performer.
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Whiddon, Jerry. Performer.
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Winde, Beatrice. Performer.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781580814706 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1580814700 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10764578 |
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